I have this thing with music. I love it but can't love it too much. If I listen to the same songs or album too much, I can’t get it out of my head. Not just, “oh that’s annoying” kind of can’t-get-it-out-of-my-head. It’s the “I can’t sleep and won’t ever sleep again because this song… Continue reading Be Held
Tag: spiritual
Longing
When I was younger I went on a few family retreats, but I didn’t experience a retreat on my own as my own person until late in high school. My dad was appointed to a new church half way through my junior year of high school – this church was much bigger than our previous… Continue reading Longing
Remember
Earlier this year I read through the Book of Psalms and now I’m reading one daily as suggested by following the Daily Office. The Psalms have always intrigued me – it’s like someone took a journal they found, or several journals, put them together and declared them truth. I’m not one of those people that believe… Continue reading Remember
Spiritual Enough
Prior to my experience with the heart labyrinth this week, I think I’ve only walked a labyrinth one or two other times in my life. I may have attempted to walk one at Waycross Retreat center on a college retreat several years ago. However, I have a vague recollection of our youth minister giving us… Continue reading Spiritual Enough
Breath
Yesterday morning as I entered the heart labyrinth I knew I would need some breath prayer to keep me focused. The first one that came to mind was “Breathe on me, breath of God.” Breathe on me…breath of God…in…out…in…out. I would get distracted but I knew what I could come back to…Breathe on me…breath of… Continue reading Breath
Thank You
I woke up before the sun this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. I stayed in bed for another hour before finally deciding to get up and start my day. I was up before the sun. That rarely happens. Usually I let the sun gently wake me up. The sun is one of my… Continue reading Thank You
Spiders
Several months ago I was taking a shower (I have taken some since then as well) and I saw a spider. Normally when I see a spider in the shower I find away to get rid of it. But this time was different. I stood there staring at it. I couldn't take my eyes off… Continue reading Spiders
King’s Chapel and Fenway
We decided to follow the Freedom Trail, which led us to King's Chapel. I'm sure I'd heard of the church before but it wasn't strong in my memory. We were on a scavenger hunt and already got the answer from this location; we could have easily moved on to the next clue. Thankfully my friend wanted… Continue reading King’s Chapel and Fenway
Javi’s Quilt
Just over a month ago I was contacted by a previous customer - she wanted to have another quilt made. (For more background about my quilting, read this.) I may write a post about her first two quilts, but let's just say this new request was almost as tragic as the first. Meg was going… Continue reading Javi’s Quilt
And so it begins…
This journey began almost a year ago. Well, if we're going to be technical, it began 15 years ago when I took my first youth ministry position. However, this particular journey of exhaustion, frustration, sadness, and longing began about a year ago. After several conversations with trusted friends and a few meetings with my spiritual… Continue reading And so it begins…