I’m experimenting with combining images of line drawing and acrylic painting in Photoshop, and coming up with things like this. I have come to realize that I need to pray. Like, I have a need to offer prayers. Though I have left behind the notion of a father god and am allowing for more unknowing in my life these days, some things are still firm. The desire for…
A visitation from gentle water
“Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.“ April Rain Song, by Langston Hughes This day, I snapped some photos…
Some Benefits of Spiritual Guidance
Eckhart Tolle in his book The New Earth puts forward what he calls Three Modalities of Awakened Doing. These three modalities “in which you can align your life with the creative power of the universe.” (Tolle, 295). These are essentially three ways of being in which one should always seek to be within. They are: Acceptance: When you can’t enjoy what you’re doing, you can at least accept…
Why is Deep Listening Important?
Consider: has anyone recently asked, “How are you?”, and really meant it? When most people ask you this question, how do you respond? Usually, we say, “fine, thanks.” We probably share something about our job, or relate a short story about something that happened to you in the past few days. Something about the weather. When I ask, “how are you?” – I want to know what’s on…
Can Spiritual Directors Help? nytimes.com
We at SDI were pretty thrilled to see this article published on spiritual companionship in the New York Times. Our Executive Director was quoted extensively, and I play a small role in this article (Towards the end of the article, I am the “friend who was training to be a spiritual director” LOL): Faith is Hard to Define. Can Spiritual Directors Help? – The New York Times (nytimes.com)…
Spiritual Guidance – A Travelogue (Part 1)
“…always the question comes back to a central question: how is the Divine wooing us, calling us into deeper and deeper intimacy?”[1] John Mabry We love to travel. We all have seen the proliferation of travel books, blogs, and Instagrams that are dedicated to making us wish we were in different places. Exotic places. Faraway places that are difficult to get to. Or at least, take a long…
