Being at Home
I have just returned home to Seattle after two amazing weeks of teaching soul care practitioners how to bring creative expression to their ministries of compassionate presence. 35 spiritual directors gathered in Louisiana and Mississippi for introductory workshops and then another 10 gathered on the shores of beautiful Lake Michgan for our Awakening the Creative […]
What is your holy direction?
Invocation Let us try what it is to be true to gravity, to grace, to the given, faithful to our own voices, to lines making the map of our furrowed tongue. Turned toward the root of a single word, refusing solemnity and slogans, let us honor what hides and does not come easy to speech. […]
The Transforming Power of Lectio Divina: A Deeper Look at the Four Movements
Christine Sine at Godspace so graciously invited me to reflect on how lectio divina has changed my life and view of the world. Here is a brief except from The Transforming Power of Lectio Divina: A Deeper Look at the Four Movements: After almost twenty years of practicing lectio divina, I see the world differently. […]
Art, Delight, and the Spiritual Life (a guest post at Anam Cara)
I am delighted to have a guest post up at Anam Cara, the spiritual direction site run by the delightful Tara Owens. Tara asked me to write about “art, delight, and the spiritual life” and here is an excerpt: When Tara asked me to write about art, delight, and the spiritual life it was really that […]
Invitation to Poetry: The Great Journey
Welcome to the Abbey’s 52nd Poetry Party! I select an image and suggest a theme/title and invite you to respond with your own poem. Scroll down and add it in the comments section below. Feel free to take your poem in any direction and then post the image and invitation on your blog (if you have […]
Savoring Summer’s Sweet Slowness
Stop by Patheos for my latest reflection: “The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” –Wallace Stevens “What is summer’s sweetness / but an invitation to respond?” —Lynn Ungar My husband and my work schedules run on the academic year which means that we work quite hard from fall through spring, but then summer opens […]
Review of The Artist’s Rule at Creative Liberty
Liz Massey at Creative Liberty interviewed me about a year ago and now offers a great review of The Artist’s Rule. Here is an excerpt: Christine is a master at using texts from other wisdom traditions beyond Christianity to explain the point she is trying to make in each chapter. This broadens the audience that […]