During our years spent in New England, I was continually impressed with the region’s experience of fall. The two other places I called home before that time, Alaska and Oklahoma, were not well-known for their autumn. In fact, many of their seasons blurred together into prolonged stints of cold or hot, respectively. As a novice…
Sacred time is all around us, though we are often too distracted to notice. The standard increments of time as we know it in our modern world — seconds, hours, days, months — are tools that help us mark our place in both our own personal experiences of reality and the collective human story. Indeed,…
A Rule of Life, also known as a Rhythm of Life, is a tool I’ve found to be both practical and inspirational as I given more attention to the relationship between my inner and outer life. It has proven itself to be a holistic way to organize my goals, as well as a budget for…
Books and resources abound on the practice of writing a rule (or rhythm) of life, and yet many well known resources are written with Christian jargon. While they can certainly be insightful, their religious tone can be a distraction, especially to survivors of religious trauma and those who have shifted significantly in their faith expression….
There is always somewhere to be, someone to talk to, something to read or do, especially with the expansive grip the internet and smart phones have in many people’s lives. The amount of information we consume each day can be overwhelming. In the busyness of life it’s very easy to find ourselves in disorder. This…