A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Your sacred space is where you find yourself over and over again.
-Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion
New Beginnings
Retirement is one of the many transitions we face in the last third of life. And though we may choose it and welcome it, we still will go through difficult emotions. Hilda Davis offers this Flourishing in Transition (FIT) ritual as we seek clarity for the path ahead.
From the Fuller De Pree Center.
Autumn and Impermanence
Autumn reminds us that there is a time to let go. Every autumn, says Joyce Rupp, “I turn and face the big question: how to cherish who and what I have but to hold these gifts freely, with open hands and heart.”
From Joyce Rupp.
Patience with God
Our greatest faith struggle, says Fr. Ron Rolheiser, is being patient with God. Jesus said the meek will inherit the earth, but mostly it doesn’t seem so. Justice does not seem to prevail. “How long, O Lord?” we ask.
From Ron Rolheiser.
Practicing the Gospel
The early Franciscan friars were more interested in practicing and living the gospel than in simply teaching about it. What about us? The prophets ask, “Why aren’t you doing what you say you believe?”
God Callings
It is not just in our quiet time that we connect with God. Everything we do, all day long, is part of our following and serving God. Sometimes we are doing, other times we are being – it is all our offering to God.
From Joanna Seibert.
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