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Who holds your inner life?

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Essay published in Braided Way: Faces and Voices of Spiritual Practice on October 26, 2018

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When Experience Exceeds Language

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When its hard to hear

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Before I ever learned the discipline of Spiritual Formation, I learned how to listen.

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I met Naturalist Carrie Elvey after I left congregational ministry. I had just stepped out of my role as a religious professional, grieving a calling I didn’t know how to carry anymore. I had been shaped in church life s...

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For me, Mediumship began in the woods.

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My grandfather was dying. He was in hospice, his breath shallow and slow, the television murmuring in the background. We were gathered as a family, but I wasn’t really there.

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When I was in congregational ministry, I started something called a Dream Covenant Group. It was part of our small group ministry, born from the rhythms of spiritual direction I was learning at the time. I had done some ...

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Tending the Holy: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Direction

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