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Expressing Gratitude: Beyond the Dinner Table community goodness gratitude holiday season holy hospitality kindness thanksgiving wisdom tree wednesday Nov 27, 2024

Feeling thankful? Here’s how to share that gratitude with others.

I’ve always appreciated the generosity of spirit during this time of year. When I worked at the Nashville Rescue Mission, I saw hundreds of turkeys and food donated to help the unhoused. I’ve seen families come...

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Dream Big: How God Inspires Our Goals dreams journey legacy online community self-discovery spiritual direction spiritual growth wisdom tree wednesday Nov 13, 2024

Kasey’s dream started with a desire, a simple wish that grew into something much bigger. God brought people in her life who believed in her dreams, offered friendship, support, and encouragement when she needed it most. Through this desire came the Wisdom Tree Collective.  

Within...

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Cherishing Our Transitory Journeys journey legacy reflection remembering sacred space stillness wisdom tree wednesday Oct 23, 2024

Are you able to squeeze God into your overcrowded schedule?

Time is a precious commodity. We have a limited supply of time, and we never know how much time we are actually gifted. It’s a sobering thought and we often forget that our time here is not permanent.

Life can feel like a...

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The Ripple Effect: How One Act of Kindness Inspires Others community goodness holy hospitality hurricane helene kindness wisdom tree wednesday Oct 09, 2024

I need to preface this blog post with some context: I was to be attending a spiritual retreat in Hendersonville, North Carolina last week. 

Feeling overwhelmed by negativity? Here’s how one simple act can change everything.

When I think of goodness, I envision the simple acts that...

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Job Opening: WTC Tech Support and Digital Communications Specialist job opening learning management systems online community online education tech support Oct 04, 2024

Wisdom Tree Collective's online School of Spiritual Direction & Community is looking for a competent and enthusiastic tech person who understands the value of online education and community, could it be you?

 

SCOPE OF SERVICE

The Wisdom Tree Collective Tech Support and Digital...

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Sunrises, Sunsets, and Sunbreaks awe community creation creativity retreats simplicity spiritual direction spiritual practice Oct 02, 2024

I sat in lamp-lit darkness on the steps of Monastery Immaculate Conception last month ready to watch the sunrise. The scented steam of orange-cinnamon tea rose from my red mug. What a perfect moment--until the hardness of the cement stair forced me to stand. Still, I continued to sip my...

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The Spiritual Side of Getting Lost: Lessons from the Woods exploration journey peace self-discovery spiritual direction spiritual formation spiritual growth wisdom tree wednesday Sep 18, 2024

As a kid, my mom cautioned me not to wander into the woods alone. Unfortunately, I wasn’t always known to be the most obedient child. Curiosity got the better of me and I decided a fun romp in the woods was just what I needed. We lived at the foothills of White Oak Mountain, and the forest...

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The Art of Realignment competition contemplative practice creative writing creativity spiritual direction spiritual practice spiritual writing Aug 31, 2024

I recently completed research in an attempt to write a blog post, but I fell into a trap of my own making. Instead of enjoying the process and accumulating pertinent information, I found myself in a “spirit of competition” as Julia Cameron mentioned in her book The Artist’s...

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Breaking Bread Together breaking bread communion holy hospitality hymns Jul 29, 2024

I once attended a small, quirky parish that attracted those who did not feel comfortable at the cathedral downtown or the sprawling churches in the suburbs. On any given Sunday I sat among college professors and struggling musicians, soccer moms and tattooed high-schoolers. All were welcome...

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What Is Mine to Carry? burden dreams vocation writing Jun 20, 2024

I’ve just let go of a project I’ve been dragging around for more than a decade. A book manuscript that, in the end, doesn’t need to see publication. Making this decision—for all the right reasons—has been so freeing that I realize now I didn’t know what a...

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Navigation Science, Resilience, and Spirituality Jun 11, 2024

Register here to join Kim Working for Navigation Science, Resilience, and Spirituality: A Poolside Conversation.  

Physicist, spiritual director, and WTC co-founder Kim Working invites us to discover the intersection of science and spirituality. Taking the experience of being...

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The Pondering Prayer meditation prayer spaciousness spiritual formation spiritual practice Jun 11, 2024

Maria Savage, who is graduating in August from the Wisdom Tree Collective program, is a spiritual seeker whose path began in childhood at her Southern Baptist church in rural Mississippi.

“I was there three times a week, witnessed on Saturdays, and played the piano on Sundays,” she...

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