Smaller & Deeper

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Your own personalized practice
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When the Sun Pauses
The invitation of Summer Solstice
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Spiritual Direction: To All That Is Chaotic
I recently came across Jan Richardson's “Blessings in the Chaos.” It is a poem, a prayer, a blessing, which arrived as a blessing for me.
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Songs that speak
“Music is the language of the spirit.
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The Smaller & Deeper Practice of Discernment
Recently, my husband and I went to hear Nadia Boltz Weber speak.
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Spiritual Direction: wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving
Several weeks ago, on a Friday evening, my husband and I found ourselves singing a cappella hymns in a packed-out church.
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A Hummingbird Pause
A smaller & deeper lesson
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May 2025

A Smaller & Deeper Practice for June
A deeper practice counter to the "attention economy"
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The "I" in confirmation...
...makes all the difference
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Spiritual Direction: Bells and Blackbirds
A few summers ago, I was sitting outside in the evening and noticed a few blackbirds here and some there, all flying north.
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Listening to a tree (and rock)
There is a large network of maintained trails just a few minutes from my house, and as the days are getting longer and the weather drier, it’s hiking…
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Eye-Level Living And the Owls Above Our Head
It's baby owl season!
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