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“We Collide in the Dark While the Sun Is Shining Outside”

“We Collide in the Dark While the Sun Is Shining Outside”

by Shirin McArthur | Jun 13, 2022 | Christianity, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

This week I continue my series of reflections on wisdom I heard at the Spiritual Directors International’s 2022 Conference. Today I want to share my responses to a powerful talk given by Woman Stands Shining, a Diné woman who enthralled us one afternoon with a...
Spiritual Malaise and Mass Shootings

Spiritual Malaise and Mass Shootings

by Shirin McArthur | May 23, 2022 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture

America’s most disgruntled citizens are at it again. There have been too many mass shootings, or attempted mass shootings, in recent days. (I first drafted this post a week ago, in the wake of a horrific weekend in Buffalo and elsewhere.) Of course, even one is too...
Connecting Jesus’ Wisdom on the Righteous with His Jewish Heritage

Connecting Jesus’ Wisdom on the Righteous with His Jewish Heritage

by Shirin McArthur | Mar 7, 2022 | Christianity, Conscious Living, Society and Culture

Last week, a member of this year’s Beloved in the Desert cohort contemplated Psalm 37 in St. Philip’s Daily Bread reflection series. (I’ve shared one of my prior Daily Bread postings here before.) Maddie is converting to Judaism and connected the psalm with the Jewish...
Rethinking My Perspective on the Hummingbird and Power

Rethinking My Perspective on the Hummingbird and Power

by Shirin McArthur | Feb 14, 2022 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture

One day last week, I looked out the back door of our house and saw a bright green hummingbird hovering and darting around the pair of pots filled with columnar cacti pictured above. Since the cacti aren’t flowering, I couldn’t figure out what the hummingbird was doing...
Connecting Charity, Poverty, and Capitalism in New Ways

Connecting Charity, Poverty, and Capitalism in New Ways

by Shirin McArthur | Jan 10, 2022 | Christianity, Society and Culture

Last weekend our antiracism group started the new year with a new book: We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign. When I read the first chapter, I was reminded of something I learned probably a dozen years ago: charitable giving is very...
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