Have you ever seen Scrooged, the late 80’s twist on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Bill Murray? Or It’s a Wonderful Life? Or even Elf? It seems that so many Christmas movies have the same ending scene – a character who had become bitter or hopeless finds the love in their hearts again, and it […]
A Return to Love
I Know the Truth About You
A few years ago I fell in love with an incredible man who did not love me. While a painful experience, it was also one of the very best gifts I’ve ever received. It came with clear sight – at least when it came to him – and there’s few things that have changed me […]
A Near Death Experience and the Westboro Baptist Church
Anita Moorjani was in stage 4B of her cancer when she was rushed to the hospital, suffering from full-on organ failure. It was then that she had her near-death experience (NDE), which would change her life forever, and which, of course, is the subject of her book, Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, […]
Creating Connection
Have you ever had a moment (or more) of feeling connected with the Divine, humanity, and all-that-is all at once? It’s blissful – euphoric, really. If you haven’t experienced this, it’s well worth the effort of trying to induce it. I’m honestly not sure that it’s even possible to do so, but I can promise […]
Giving the Gift of Mothering
Today is Mother’s Day here in the United States – a day when we traditionally celebrate the amazing women who brought us into the world and helped us navigate it. I would like to expand this celebration to include mothering in general. We can borrow from the UK and rename it “Mothering Sunday” – a […]
Reclaiming Advent: Receiving Spirit
It’s the final week of this Advent series, and I’ve come down with some kind of flu/cold that makes creating coherent sentences a Herculean task. This is unfortunate, as today my topic is such that I would have a hard time putting it into words even if my brain was firing at its prime. I […]
Reclaiming Advent: Peace Be With You
This week, I’m lighting the final outside candle of my Advent wreath and spending this week embracing peace. In the United States, we’re reeling right now from a horrific act of violence committed against children. We want to talk about controlling gun ownership and doing all we can to prevent something like this from happening […]
Reclaiming Advent: The Joy Game
It’s the joy week of this Advent series; this has always been my favorite – the week of the pink candle! Like pink, joy is one of my favorite things. I believe we each have an unlimited capacity for joy in our lives, but that we’re rarely using even a fraction of it. So this […]
Reclaiming Advent: Transformative Love
Last week I was determined to come up with some profound answers to the questions on hope and expectation, and share them with you today. It didn’t happen. My own week of living in the questions was beautiful, and I finally realized that nothing I can say would be any more interesting than whatever experiences […]
Reclaiming Advent: Preparing to Receive Spirit
Odd spiritual things have been happening with me lately, folks – odd enough that I’m facing some genuine fear about writing a post for the first time in a very long time. There have been several times in my life when I feel like God/the Universe is whacking me over the head, arranging events so […]