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Be still and know . . . Take a moment and calm yourself.  Sit in stillness and notice the feel of your feet on the floor.  Take a normal breath and feel your breath inhale through your mouth and nose. Exhale gently.  Breathe in. Breathe out. Concentrate on your breath. Notice your heartbeat.  Listen toContinue reading “Saturday stillness”

Thanks to Spiritual Directors International for this practice challenge.  (Photo is mine) PRACTICE CHALLENGE 1) Go outside and find a big tree, or at least a tree that is taller or older than you. 2) Look from the roots of the tree to its uppermost branches. Let your gaze linger at the top of theContinue reading “Practice Challenge”

“Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles belong where they can fly I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free Got to find my corner of the sky” –  Pippin I’ve always loved the 1972 Steven Schwartz musical, Pippin.  The music is downloaded onto my iPod amid thousands of other songs.  On myContinue reading “My Corner of the Sky”

Jan Richardson is one of my favorite authors and artists.  Whatever emptiness you feel today, whatever longing you experience, may this blessing infuse you with hope for the seeds of something new. Christy BLESSING THAT HOLDS A NEST IN ITS BRANCHES The emptiness that you have been holding for such a long season now; thatContinue reading “Blessing”

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones.  Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present.  Cairns are and have been used as landmarks, monuments, for ceremonial purposes, to mark the location of cached items, or to mark trails or pathways. Cairns varyContinue reading “Marking the path”