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Last week, I went away on retreat, hoping for rest and restoration. Admittedly, after more than a year of navigating chaos, that may have been a lot of pressure to place on just four and a half days! So it shouldnât have surprised me that, no matter where I went, I was met with distraction after dis...
âOur spiritual journeys are not ours alone,â writes Ann Kline. That sentence opens a doorway into a deeper truth: we are not solitary seekers, but participants in the ongoing flow of Godâs own prayer.
In group spiritual direction, we listen, not just for ourselves, but for each other. We ask not wh...
At Wisdom Tree Collective, we recognize the sacred interconnectedness of all creation. As we engage in meaningful conversations and deepen our spiritual practices online, weâre also mindful of the resources that sustain these digital spaces. Every interaction â from video calls to AI-powered tools â...
Palm Sunday: The Forest Path
Reflection Point:
âAll that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.â
âJ.R.R. Tolkien
Scripture:
âThey took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, âHosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!ââ (John 12:13)...
As Jesusâ enemies circled, and the end of everything approached, the disciples hoped Jesus would do something. Itâs our first impulse: âwhat can we do?â What Jesus did was go off alone to âwatch and prayâ. And he told his disciples to do the same. This sounded to them like âdonât do anything,â so th...
Reflection Point:Â âThe oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.â âJames Allen
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Scripture:Â Then Jesus said, âThis is what Godâs kingdom is like. Itâs as though someone scatters seed on the...
Reflection Point: âLife does not accommodate you, it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition.â âFlorida Scott-Maxwell
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Scripture: "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair." (2 Corinthians 4:8)
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Wisdom from a ...
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 harvest blen...
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 âspirit of competitionâ as Julia Cameron mentioned in her book The Artistâs Way.
My ego and fear st...
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.
âI was there three times a week, witnessed on Saturdays, and played the piano on Sundays,â she says. âIn betwee...
Driving down the road.
Putting wet laundry in the dryer.
Picking up a garden trowel.
The quiet moment before falling asleep.
A memory slips into your mindâtheir familiar whistle, particular look or smell, a phrase spokenâŚyou remember and for a moment you re-member.Â
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The Port William MembershipâŚif you do...
I have long regarded writing as a spiritual practice. A word lover from way back, putting pen to paper is like prayer for me. How might you add writing to your basket of spiritual practices?
According to Wikipedia, a spiritual practice can be defined thusly: âA spiritual practice or spiritual disci...
