by Shirin McArthur | Jan 27, 2025 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life
January 24 was a popular day in my world. Not just one, but two books I’ve worked on were officially launched last Friday. I wrote about one last week, and today I share about the other. I find this second book, Life Ascending: Unlocking Mental Wellbeing Through...
by Shirin McArthur | Dec 9, 2024 | Conscious Living, Spiritual Life
Have your religious practices changed over time? Many of us were taught to pray by parents or other trusted and faithful adults. Others picked up a connection with the Divine more organically, through spending time in nature or by witnessing a seemingly supernatural...
by Shirin McArthur | Jul 22, 2024 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life
A few days after shots were fired at a presidential campaign rally, there was a large, violent storm in our neighborhood. Dire warnings arrived on our phones, promising lashing rain, hazardous hail, and wind gusts of up to eighty miles an hour. While we missed the...
by Shirin McArthur | Jul 15, 2024 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons
Back in April, Henry and I celebrated Earth Day in part by attending the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society’s Earth Day sale. I wrote earlier about the plants we purchased for the transformation of our front yard. At that event, I also got a chance to sow saguaro...
by Shirin McArthur | Apr 1, 2024 | Christianity, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life
Last week, during Holy Week, a former US president published an expensive Bible to raise money. I don’t often address politics head-on, and this wasn’t what I planned to blog about during Eastertide, but Spirit won’t let me let this go. So, let’s ponder this together....