A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Despite all the darkness, human hope is based on the instinct that at the deepest level of reality some intimate kindness holds sway.
-John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us
Leave All and Follow Me
To grow spiritually means to leave behind that which has become too comfortable, says Br. Geoffrey Tristram. To let go of our habits, our compulsions. “It is each morning awakening to a new day and saying to God, ‘Where do you want to lead me today on the journey of life? What are you asking me to leave behind? How are you asking me to change?’” We resist change, but it’s how we grow.
Reimaging
Jesus came to show us what God looks like with skin on. Incarnation is a re-imaging of God and re-imagining what a relationship with God can look like. We are called to form a new concept we have not seen before.
From Joanna Seibert.
Grounding Power of Kindness
When Native Americans went on a hunt or a vision quest or long journey, they took with them a small medicine pouch that contained special objects reminding them of spiritual power: perhaps a feather, a bit of fur, a claw, a carved root, a pinch of tobacco, a pebble or a shell. They were to be reminders of the sources of healing and bounty and beauty.
Being Blessed by Pagan Friends
Fr. Ron Rolheiser finds that his pagan friends, who have no use for organized religion, often bring positive energy, goodness, love, intelligence, humor, and sunshine into a room. It is a wonderful thing and should be blessed.
More about Ron Rolheiser.
Pilgrims Journeying Within
The inner journey asks us to set aside our own plans and agendas and follow where the path takes us. We yield to a greater presence at work in our lives.
Join us for chapter 4, Making the Way by Walking from The Soul of a Pilgrim. Reflection prompts and a weekly practice are on the Wisdom Years web page.
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