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Recently I returned to Wisdom Tree Collective for a Centering Prayer meditation. Kasey Hitt posted Michael Blumenthal's poem The New Story of Your Life.
One line has stayed with me: "Deep down in some long-encumbered self, it is the story you have been writing all of your life."
Many of us carry s...
"Sister Mary Rose Bumpus (our Year Two Instructor and Supervisor) read this meditation on prayer in class this week from Steven Charleston, who is an Indigenous Elder and retired Episcopal bishop. WTC thought you might enjoy it, too." ~Kasey Hitt, Co-Founder of WTC School of Spiritual Direction.
Reflection #54 Building Bridges
There are stages in life,
each one a crossing,
each one asking something of us
we did not know we carried
We learned to stand, to strive,
to gather inward, pieces of a life
that feel, at first, like it is only ours to shape and secure
Ego loosens its grip here...
Working in Silence
She works in silence behind the curtain of time
From things you do not even know are coming
You see, God does not need to announce Her movements
Just because you cannot trace Her hand
Does not mean Her hand is not there
Behind every No, there is a greater Yes waiting to unfo...
For the past several years, a dear friend and I have gathered on the Winter Solstice to unburden ourselves of what we need to let go of from the preceding year, and offer up what we hope for the 365 days ahead of us. My friend gets a fire going in the firepit in her backyard, and we each take turns ...
