A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
We are so often in too much of a hurry, expecting God, at our bidding, to work miracles overnight. And we often judge the progress of God’s Kingdom by what we can see. But so often the real growth happens unseen.
Br. Geoffrey Tristram, SSJE
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Voluntary Simplicity
Voluntary simplicity is about doing one thing at a time and being present at the doing of it. It is taking a walk and noticing what there is to see and smell. It means “going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more,” says Jon Kabat-Zinn.
From Awakin.
The Constellation of Your Belonging
This brief meditation invites us to imagine the constellation of our life. Using guided visualization and reflective prompts, this simple practice invites us into the realization of our connectedness to ourselves and everything around us.
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From Grateful Living.
Telling our story this Advent
It is easy to give up as we get older. To think there is nothing new to learn. To believe we are no longer needed. But Joanna Seibert reminds us of the importance of telling our stories, especially to our families.
From Joanna Seibert.
Mary as a Model of Faith
Giving birth to Christ is something more than biological, says Fr. Ron Rolheiser. “Mary is the pre-eminent example of the one who hears the word of God and keeps it. For this reason, more than because of biological motherhood, Jesus claims her as his mother.” And we, too, are asked to give birth to faith.
From the blog of Ron Rolheiser.
The Spiritual Practice of Awe
What does it mean to experience awe? Is it sitting in your backyard listening to the songbirds? Or seeing a magnificent sunset? But can it also be seeing the scab that has grown over a cut on your arm or looking into the face of your neighbor?
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