Bless it And Leave it
However we talk about it, the point is that our spiritual growth and maturity will always require us to leave behind our previous ways of thinking about God, self, and others. Then, we’ll move on to different forms that will take shape in us through a process of trial and error. Much like a teenager moving into young adulthood, when we operate with the default settings there will always be hiccups and abrasions.
At The Edge
Edges are the places where we are pushed to either recognize that we are out of our depth and our strength is dismantled or they are places where we stare into an unknown with little understanding of how to go forward.
What I have come to learn, however, is that no matter how I grit my teeth against the edges I experience in life the edges are necessary. Why?
A Book is Just A Beginning
I feel so strongly that life with the Divine is about starting something…the Divine is beginning something today in each of us. There are, of course, our “works in progress” – our life story as it is up to this point – and yet within each large overarching story there are little beginnings as well.
What It Means to Show Up, Die, and Live Again
In a pandemic, we perceive the days differently. We take our steps more slowly, each task different from the “norm” as we work from home. As we do e-Learning with our kids. As we think about what will change in a world that is attempting to make sense of everything that has happened since mid-March.
And even in the strangeness of augmented routines, we sense an invitation to arrive. Each day. We show up.
It's Okay to Need
Admitting that we need things humbles us because it shows that we aren’t all powerful. Knowing what we need also puts us in the place of examining the why of our need and the feasibility of that need being met at all.
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Ash Wednesday and What We Do With Limits
This is Ash Wednesday. It isn’t a morbid call to think about our death, though that’s not a horrible thing to do. The ashes also don’t call us to overwhelming amounts of guilt around the crucifixion, though that is also a fitting line of thinking.
Ultimately, Ash Wednesday invites us to enter into our limits.