“One of the most beautiful aspects of (Celtic spirituality) is the perspective that death is a river that is hard to see or a place of black sorrow that is difficult to cross and that the angels of God are guiding us over to a goodness of unimaginable glory. This glory is not, however, unrelated to the goodness we have… Read More »On Thin Places – Journey to Iona – Part 2
24″ x 20″, oil on canvas, 2020. A painting of my house from above, with a lot of lines. I heard from a teacher recently that spiritual practice need only be a few simple tasks done in the daily rhythms of everyday life. Specifically, I recall four things, which if each done for a minimum of 10 minutes each day,… Read More »Treasure
In a recent podcast episode of SDI Encounters, we share an interview with your host – me! This was the idea of SDI’s Executive Director, Reverend Seifu Anil Singh-Molares. He wanted to “flip the script” in which he got to interview me. So, here’s our conversation, in which I have the opportunity to share my own personal story. We talk… Read More »Podcast – Art, Creativity, and Spiritual Companionship
Hey there friends, I’m foraying into a new medium – podcasts! In my work at Spiritual Directors International (SDI) – I’m now recording and hosting a weekly podcast called SDI Encounters. It’s about our work at SDI. SDI is a learning community for people who identify as spiritual companions. What’s a spiritual companion? Simply, it’s someone who listens to… Read More »I’m hosting a podcast for Spiritual Directors International
Phoebe Palmer – Letting go of the “great and undefinable exercise” and moving into the “Way of Holiness” – “…that entire devotion of heart and life to God should be the absorbing subject of the succeeding pilgrimage of life.” This concept – “being holy” – can seem daunting, or even viewed negatively. Typically, it would be understood as a standard,… Read More »the way of holiness
Moonrise, Cowlitz Park – oil on canvas – 30″ x 22″ – 2018 “If there remains any vestige of self that can be aware of itself as “having arrived” and having “attained possession”, then it can be sure of the return of the old dread, the old night, the old nothingness, until all self-sufficiency and self-complacency are destroyed.” Thomas Merton… Read More »On Arriving