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Healing Through Words
I’ve never participated in lent.
Aside from remembering classmates talking about ‘giving up chocolate for lent’ during middle school, I really had no idea what the lenten season was about. The only context I had for it was ‘giving up something that you get back at Easter’.
Good Friday Imaginative Prayer
An Imaginative Prayer Practice for Good Friday
This imaginative prayer practices invites you to into the story of the crucifixion of Jesus. Follow the instructions below to engage in a meaningful time of prayer.
Sacred Belonging
I started the year going through this devotional with a group of women where we shared our stirrings over a group chat on WhatsApp.
This picture, taken from bed one morning, is an accurate representation of what my mornings looked like. After a slow wake up including snuggles with our cat, Bourbon, I would... get out of bed, open the blinds, make the bed, get my water...
On Discovering my word for 2024
Discovering my word of the year is a combination of things:
reflection on the year that past
a draw to different themes
intuition or inspiration of the Spirit
the 'under the rock' thought process
affirmation
commitment
This year, I found myself outside of a formal 'sit down and reflect on the year' moment with my favourite questions and set aside time. I couldn't sleep and was up around 4:30am with my journal, reading my psalm of the day, and then reflections on the year started to pour out. During this time, words started to emerge.
Immanuel: God With Us
I can recall being in school for spiritual direction and we talked about what we called, 'theological assumptions', and the theological assumptions that go along with the practice. From the idea that God cares deeply about us, to the idea that God can speak to us through the pages of scripture and nature and others and even our own insights, to God being present with us and reaching out to us to connect, all of this and more are theological assumptions we bring to the practice of spiritual direction, and, into our lives of faith.