Treating Yourself as Precious. Over the weekend, I helped out at a retreat given by James Finely, at Mercy Center, Burlingame on the theme of the Deathless Nature of Love. During the retreat, Finley, who is both a spiritual director and a psychotherapist, talked about ways that we open ourselves to the Infinite Love of […]
I have been reflecting upon the idea of a rhythm of life, since first being introduced to it through the Living School, which I am currently attending. The rhythm of life is a framework for one’s spiritual life and daily commitments. In it are four components: 1. Contemplative Prayer and Meditation—a commitment to a daily […]
It was a misty, humid evening, as our group gathered in the Victorian building of the Spiritual Life Center, here in San Francisco, for the first of the three-part mini series on Radical Hospitality. Sitting in a circle, we began our evening with a few moments of silence, focusing on the breath, and allowing ourselves to […]
Wednesday Wisdom: Faith is an Opening. “Faith is our small but necessary offering to any new change or encounter,” writes Richard Rohr in The Naked Now. I have been reflecting on this thought for the past week, as I continue to respond to the changes I am encountering in my new work situation and with a […]
I am immersed in reading Richard Rohr’s book, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See. Richard is one of the wisdom teachers in the Living School, which I started in August. I wanted to share some of Richard’s thoughts in this book, as food for thought: Prayer is about changing you, not about […]
Wednesday Wisdom: Hospitality: A Way of Being In a few weeks, I will be doing a mini-retreat on the topic of hospitality. Two things have inspired me to explore this topic more in depth: my personal experience at a Benedictine monastery, and my work as a spiritual director. In the rule of Saint Benedict, it is […]
