Solvitur ambulando. It is solved by walking. ~ Variously attributed to Diogenes and to Augustine. I was a small child when I absorbed the connection between walking and spirituality. A short gravel drive connected our house to that of my grandparents’ – my first regular walk, no doubt seemingly a long one for short legs. Destination?… Read More
Our Spiritual Disciplines: Pinteresting
The most fulfilling spiritual practice in this season of my life developed unintentionally. As Pinterest became a part of the zeitgeist, I thanked the heavens that I had just exchanged my marriage vows. Those creative ideas that appeared charming online could only lead to headache and a shame spiral if I attempted them. I’d tried… Read More
Friday Prayer: Breathe
Our Spiritual Disciplines: Photography
I was introduced to photography as a spiritual practice or discipline while participating in Spiritual Director’s training in 2013 and since then it has become an integral and essential part of my life in all kinds of ways: social, family, ministry and especially spiritually. I ‘see’ differently, there are times when I see my surroundings… Read More
Our Spiritual Disciplines: Never on Pointe
When my son was three he started taking ballet. He had been doing parent and child music classes before that and he corrected me that it was not the singing, but the dancing that he loved. So when The Ballet School offered a special to get boys interested in ballet, we signed him right up. He… Read More
Our Spiritual Disciplines: Sewing
Most of you know that sewing is a hobby of mine. What you may not know is that it is also a spiritual discipline for me. I felt like sharing what makes sewing an excellent spiritual discipline and what spiritual and practical lessons my practice has taught me over the years. 1. Trust the… Read More
WitsEndsDay: Spiritual Fantasies
Sometimes I fantasize about a “real” spiritual life–the kind I read about in books: hours hiking in the woods every week, extended quiet times with the sunrise and God, week-long silent retreats, pilgrimages to Iona, contemplative examens at the end of each day. My fantasies though, are generally interrupted by a child needing a Kleenex,… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Who’s Got Time
Many, many moons ago, I read a book proposal that was submitted to Chalice Press through the Young Clergy Women’s Project. The proposed manuscript aimed to be a guide to spiritual living for young adults. The authors acknowledged the difference in the twenty-somethings (plus or minus five years) of today with their counterparts of previous… Read More
