A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
May I be open to the teachings of this season of autumn, and turn, as autumn does, toward opportunities for my spiritual transformation.
Joyce Rupp, Out of the Ordinary
Found in Well for the Journey
Woe to you
We don’t like the hard sayings of Jesus. We want to hear words of comfort and forgiveness and acceptance. But sometimes we need to heed Jesus’ condemnation and call to repentance.
It’s Okay To Be Perfectly Human
Why are we so hard on ourselves? We expect ourselves to be perfect, but being “perfectly human” means we will make mistakes, and when we do, we can admit them and learn from them.
From Awakin.
Marrying Orthodoxy To Orthopraxy
We may be able to articulate what we believe as Christians, but do we put it into action? “We are called to study God and the Spirit,” says Deacon Joanna Seibert, “but we are also compelled to find the God within ourselves, leading us to discover and connect to the God in others.”
From the blog of Joanna Seibert.
The Spiritual Meaning of the Autumn Equinox
The seasons of spring and summer, with their long days, are all about play and pleasure, notes Julie Peters writing in Spirituality and Health. During fall and winter, we have more hours of darkness than of light, more time for rest, solitude, and reflection.
But We Had Music
Even while we watch our society fall apart, a single episode with nature can bolster hope. For this poet it was the starlings. This short video sets Maria Popova’s poem “But We Had Music” to captivating visuals.
From Daily Good.
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