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Grounding + Becoming
Our souls find their way to the art we need.
Words, music, images, and practices can help us move more deeply into our own experiences, longings, and deep knowing.
These collections are curated to guide and accompany you as you attune to your inner landscape and to Love. I’m scattering breadcrumbs from my journey and from wise teachers and mystics before and beside me. Consider this a trailhead, of sorts.
Follow the threads that draw you, and notice what stirs in your soul.
What I’m offering here is an unconventional collection of spiritual direction resources.
You’ll find tools I refer to often, practices to experiment with, readings, notes from me, playlists, and more. I’ve only begun to gather these; feel free to bookmark this page and return as you are drawn.
Love is all around us, friends. I think we sometimes miss it when it doesn’t come packaged the way we’ve come to expect.
If you see something in this collection you’d like to explore together in a spiritual direction session, I welcome that wholeheartedly.
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Contemplative Curiosity: Neil Theise on Complexity
A 10-ish minute spiritual practice -- bringing curiosity to a quote on complexity by Dr. Neil Theise.
A night of complete undoing
John O’Donohue give us words for the obscurity we encounter in our dark nights of the soul. I take comfort in knowing I’m not the only one to encounter this location in my spiritual geography.
I See You, and I’m Not Going Anywhere
Here's a poem I wrote from a grounded place -- wisdom from myself to myself. I'll keep these words as an anchor to guide my home.
Contemplative Curiosity: Cynthia Bourgeault on Surrender
Here’s a 10-minute unconventional spiritual practice - bringing curiosity and presence to a Cynthia Bourgeault quote about bracing and surrender.
Contemplative Curiosity: Lama Rod Owens on Goodness
What do you notice and wonder as you read this Lama Rod Owens quote on goodness?
Contemplative Curiosity: Mary Oliver on Moments
What do you notice and wonder as you read this Mary Oliver poem on moments that are crying out to be fulfilled?
Contemplative Curiosity: Teilhard de Chardin on Truth Setting the World Ablaze
What do you notice and wonder as you read this Pierre Teilhard de Chardin quote on the way truth spreads.
Contemplative Curiosity: Praying Our Experiences
Here’s a practice to invite you into contemplative curiosity. What do these words stir in you?
Contemplative Curiosity: Dr. Gerald May on Making Friends with Mystery
Listen for your inner wisdom through with a contemplative curiosity practice with a Dr. Gerald May quote on mystery.
Contemplative Curiosity: John O’Donohue on Awakening to Your Life
What do you notice as you read this John O’Donohue quote on awakening to your life? What do you wonder?
Please tell me what to do
It’s not surprising that when I entered into Spiritual Direction, I walked in the door requesting a plan that would help me be a “better” Christian. I expected to work hard. I felt as if I was entering in with a deficit.