Reflections

Growing darkness… tis the season where we wake-up mostly just to turn around and re-enter our cozy nests curling the blankets securely around our neck, so the draft doesn’t get us. The brief hours or simple moments of light that touch our cheeks are so fleeting. Then there is that hour change that doesn’t happen...

I have been considering the idea of ‘reciprocal feeding’ and ‘The Great Exchange’ as described in ‘The Eye of the Heart’. Of how the flow of nutrients like forgiveness, kindness and patience (‘the fruits of the spirit’) up and down the Ray of Creation is what keeps the connections between the realms vibrant and alive, and keeps the realms themselves, vibrant and alive and in dynamic equilibrium.

Traditional Benedictine spirituality, and Christian monasticism in general, are rooted in the rule of St. Benedict. The “Rule” has been followed, interpreted and examined by many for almost 1500 years, yet it still exists and thrives...

The human world is driven by story. We have the unique ability to enter other people’s lives through word and image. In doing so, we condense the vastness of a life into highlights, and those highlights have a way of gripping our hearts. This is as true of the story of Jesus of Nazareth as it is for each of us.

Despite my efforts in positive thinking, I still spend a lot of time steering myself out of shame spirals over the mistakes I've made and the flaws I can't seem to shake...