Holding Space for Busy Bees and Students
This past week was very full for me. In addition to work with several editing and coaching clients, spiritual guidance sessions, and retreat leadership planning, I participated in multiple sessions of the first week of this year’s Hesychia School of Spiritual...
Being Content Right Where We Are
Last week, I received an email “out of the blue,” inviting me to apply for a position at a local resort that the person described as “full time spiritual direction.” My initial response was, “This is exactly the kind of job I’ve always dreamed of doing!” While that’s...
Announcing a New Book of Homilies: Thirsty, and You Gave Me Drink
It’s that time of year again—with the start of a new liturgical year comes the publication of a new book I copyedited. Last year I posted about Homilists for the Homeless, which gathers a variety of well-known and lesser-known preachers (like me) to share their...
Pondering Flooding around the World
Just a month ago I was contemplating fire season here in the southwestern United States. Now the rains have arrived and I’m pondering flooding. The monsoon definitely arrived here in Arizona with a vengeance last week. On Wednesday, it rained for more than an hour at...
Caring for the Caregivers
One of the gifts in my life is my spiritual directors’ peer supervision group. We meet monthly to support each other in our ministries of spiritual guidance. Last week, I “presented myself” in relation to a situation that arose in a recent spiritual guidance session....
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