Presence
Dove has many meanings, one being presence of Eternal Spirit. As you look back on your life, imagine Dove, or...
Posts about Love
Integrity
Would you prefer being a person of integrity or for everyone to think you are? Recently, a friend posed a...
Transmutation
The gentler message of Snake is shedding what no longer belongs. What formerly served to shape us, no longer does....
Jaguar
People often ask, “What happens in a spiritual direction session?” Rather than describing spiritual direction with all its uniquenesses, let’s...
Panther
Twenty-six years ago, the dark night of my soul met me like a ferocious panther. There, I entered the unknown...
Wild Boar
Before moving west, I lived in America’s evangelical south. During our country’s recent upheaval, I have read prayers like, “Lord...
Nouns and Verbs
My question was more of an expression of wonder. I was not expecting an answer, yet a shooting star, like...
Farm Animals
I remember pulling Animal Farm, from the bookshelf. I was a child, still singing Old MacDonald’s ee i ee i...
Pared
Sky and earth circled around me, until they pared me to my essence. First, I stood beneath stars and then...
Metamorphosis
When we’ve domesticated Soul, and come to a season of quiet, we hear Essence calling. In the past we turned...
Happy
I came out of my dark night of the soul, deeply rooted in joy. Also, I discovered a bluebird in...
Ugly Bird
Members of the Alligatoridae family took me through transformation in the water. Lion came with fire. Finally, birds of the...