The world turns and the hours of daylight increase. Spring approaches and Lent begins. Last weekend I was blessed to spend a retreat day with my dear friend, visionary, and artist, Karen Blessen. Twenty-three years ago Karen and I co-created the book, Be An Angel. Ours is a life-long “soul sister” friendship. Our conversations and Karen’s wisdom always inform and nourish… Read More
Our liturgical calendar offers openings throughout the year to pause, reflect upon and renew our spiritual lives. The opportunity to make an interior Lenten journey begins this year on Ash Wednesday, March 1st. Lent is a time for reflection and preparation for Easter as we contemplate Christ’s forty days of withdrawal and sacrifice in the desert prior to his crucifixion. Lent… Read More
Awaken the sacred child that lives within your spirit. Invite your child-self to reveal your life through the lens of wonder, innocence, and awe… Be ready to step into innovative ways of living and being when the Light returns to the world. Celebrate this holy season as a sacred child of God. The Way of Belle Coeur (page 306) The… Read More
It’s been a week since our thwarted hopes for the long awaited arrival of the paradigm shift (a return to balance through the feminine) unleashed a torrent of emotions including disbelief, panic, rage, and grief. The dying patriarchal systems have, for the time being, experienced a revival. Within the ensuing chaos I hold fast to the belief that something “other”… Read More
We are living through a season of shifting paradigms, climate change, and global, personal and spiritual evolution. In short, this is a era of planetary transformation. We are traveling through space and time as we experience the paradoxical death of patriarchal contructs and the birth of expanded human consciousness. Perhaps, like me, life today causes you to feel unsettled and… Read More
While I contemplated the state of our world this morning I received the inspiration to begin “stitching” my prayers each day. The metaphor is that each stitch becomes a prayerful gesture of the intention for God’s mending of whomever and whatever is torn, broken, and in need of God’s Love, Mercy, Grace, and Healing. Tomorrow morning I will begin this… Read More
Recently, I’ve been inspired to read the journals of several of my favorite writers: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Susan Sontag. The takeaway from my reading is a renewed heartfelt understanding of the subtle and profound powers of women’s wisdom. When a woman takes the time to record her thoughts, feelings, and daily experiences within the pages of her journal,… Read More
I am experiencing a time in my life when I feel God’s presence within my heart and spirit calling me to go deeper and inviting me to something that at the moment, is ineffable and undefined. It is Lent and I am living in a gray colored, paradoxical season of unsettledness. Yet, I sense an indwelling peace. I am longing… Read More
The season of Advent is accompanied by feelings of longing and expectant waiting. Hope eternal is the taproot at this time of year as we move from darkness toward light’s return and the birth of the Christ Child. The Christ Child, I write these words and deep within with the ears of my heart I hear a message… Awaken the sacred… Read More
The second week of Advent is about to begin. I will submit my edits of the proof copy of my new book to the publisher in a few days and await the final print copy to arrive for my approval. The book will be then become available on Amazon as soon as I give the go ahead. I share this… Read More
