Spiritual Formation
Like a Prayer
The best writers, poets, and songwriters have a way of using words that put us more in touch with how we feel. They say what we want to say but can’t or won’t say. So they tell a story, write a poem, or sing a song. Great music, especially, helps us pay attention to our…
Read MoreLoved and Whole
This weekend, I began a new phase of entering into the work I want to do in the world. I and a dozen others completed the first module of the first year of our training to be spiritual directors. One of the exhilarating feelings I had over the weekend was that I am right where…
Read MoreWhen We Can’t
I often talk with people who, after years of prayer and Bible study groups, no longer feel comfortable in those groups and do not pray or read the Bible on their own. They want to pray. They want to read the Bible. Some admit they don’t want to, but they want to want to pray…
Read MoreBehind the Mask
We spend the better part of our lives creating brilliant disguises, masks that hide how we really feel, what we really need, and who we really are. We do this for a lot of reasons: to get approval, to please others, to feel loved, to be safe, to be invisible. Sometimes the disguise is called…
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