A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the Scriptures.
-Kabir, as quoted in Legacy of the Heart by Wayne Muller
From Well for the Journey
10 Questions for your Autumn Equinox
It’s autumn – a time for slowing down and pondering. The days are shorter – what is one activity that you want to stop doing? Courtney Martin offers 10 provocative questions for the season.
From The Examined Family.
Joy in Solidarity
They met the small little man in a migrant shelter where he had stopped for a warm bowl of soup before crossing the border into the United States. He would have to cross the desert, and his feet were filthy and sore inside his thin sneakers.
A Place to Watch the Rain
The recommendation said that the man could sleep in a storm. His employer found out what that meant when the bad weather hit. In the midst of a storm, “we survive by affirming who we are,” says Terry Hershey.
From Terry Hershey’s Sabbath Moment.
Parker Palmer: On The Brink Of Everything
Joanna Seibert introduces us to Parker Palmer’s wisdom on growing older in his book On the Brink of Everything. “Palmer takes us to the brink of an alternative life,”. Says Seibert “It is a slower life where we observe and become aware of so much we missed in this world while living at a frantic pace.”
From Joanna Seibert.
Searching for a Word Filled with Reality
Faith is not something you achieve, says Fr. Ron Rolheiser. “Faith is a journey, with constant ups and downs, with alternating periods of fervor and dryness, with consolation giving way to desolation, and with graced moments where God feels tangibly present eclipsed by dark nights where God feels absent.”
From Ron Rolheiser.
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