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I’m Harvesting Awareness in 2020

I’m Harvesting Awareness in 2020

by Shirin McArthur | Oct 12, 2020 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons

The harvest season is here. The majority of humans now live in cities (55% in 2018), so we tend to be more out of touch with the seasonal rhythms of planting and harvesting (unless, like me, you have a garden!). We might put pumpkins on our porches, but few of us grow...
Roses and Mother’s Day

Roses and Mother’s Day

by Shirin McArthur | May 11, 2020 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life

It’s a beautiful season for morning walks here in the desert. The temperature around 5 am is between 60 and 70 degrees and the skies are usually a clear blue, though occasionally morning clouds reflect the approaching sun in spectacular colors. Those colors are also...
Pondering What Winter Gives, Even in the Desert

Pondering What Winter Gives, Even in the Desert

by Shirin McArthur | Jan 20, 2020 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons

Two weeks ago, a friend and writer colleague, Kelsea Habecker, began a winter writing/posting project on Instagram with the hashtag #whatwintergives. Living in the Sonoran Desert, I find that winter gives some rain and relatively cooler temperatures (sometimes even...
Celebrating and Supporting Young Souls

Celebrating and Supporting Young Souls

by Shirin McArthur | Nov 4, 2019 | Christianity, Ministry and Service, Spiritual Life

This past week we celebrated Halloween. The Christian church followed that with celebrations of All Saints and All Souls. It’s the time of year—at least in the northern hemisphere—when many plants are dying, or appearing to succumb to mortality, although in many...
Preparing for Holy Week: Jesus in the Garden

Preparing for Holy Week: Jesus in the Garden

by Shirin McArthur | Apr 14, 2019 | Christianity, Spiritual Life

Today we embark upon Holy Week. Over the course of the week ahead, Christian churches around the world commemorate the final days of Jesus’ life, as well as his betrayal, arrest, trial, death, and resurrection. I mentioned last week that I led a retreat day entitled...
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