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My spiritual director once gave me valuable advice: begin keeping a gratitude journal and make thankfulness a part of my everyday routine.
She encouraged me to approach gratitude as an Examen, so each evening I pause to jot down things I'm thankful for that day.
At first, I was worried that I’d tr...
Well, the day finally arrived—just as I told her it would.
Almost a decade after our first conversation about it, my daughter was ambushed at lunch with “God’s plan for salvation.”
Spiritual coercion in broad daylight.
When she was ten, I wrote a blog getting her opinion on The Four Spiritual Laws. Her...
Rooted in Wisdom, Growing in Community: Voices from the Collective
What if the innermost questions of your life weren’t problems to solve, but invitations to listen?
What if the chaos or longing you carry could develop on the holy ground where wisdom takes root?
When I first joined Wisdom Tree Co...
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 shouldn’t have surprised me that, no matter where I went, I was met with distraction after dis...
Wisdom from the Desert
Holidays often expose divisiveness in family, friends, and communities. It can highlight conflict even within ourselves. What can help?
I was writing a w...
