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Hope and Holes
Every two weeks (or so), I share a poem and prompts for Spiritual Direction with my paid subscribers.
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Finding a New Dimension
on writing haibun
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Spiritual Direction: When We Are Wordless
Sometimes prayer is difficult.
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Revisiting: When Poetry Teaches
This is a post I shared last August.
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Smaller & Deeper Walks
daily finding awe and wonder.
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July 2025

Spiritual Direction:
Summer is summering this July.
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"The Light of a Good Question"
When we're exposed to the liveliness of holding everything up to the light of good questions—what I call "sacred questioning"—we discover that…
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An Eagle & Osprey at Sunrise
Lectio Divina is my favorite spiritual practice.
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The Joy of Summer Reading
While reading on the dock, by the lake this week, my 14-year-old daughter, who is re-reading Harry Potter (for the 3rd time), turned to me, with her…
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Spiritual Direction: A Life Loving What is Already Good
I love the title of the poem by Ellen Rowland I’m sharing today, “A Satisfied Citizen of Your Own Life.” Just the title invites meaningful questions: Am…
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Seek Wisdom
...not judgement
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June 2025

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