I was driving home tonight, Navigating a moment of freedom. And I understood: My heart is on permanent loan from God. ~ Mine to use. God’s forever. Ours to share. God’s goodness inside me. ~~ I also understood that this is true of every being in the universe. No amount of pain, shame, suffering or […]
By Angela Marie Gage This is the story of the moment – or moments – I felt the call to spiritual companioning and how heeding that call has changed my life. In my early 50’s, I was invited to attend a personal and silent retreat at a men’s monastery. I gladly accepted as it had
“Coming Home” – Hearing the Call of Deep Listening Read More »
In our schools and in our homes, let’s teach our children how to listen and converse with new people to make them feel welcome. Let’s teach our kids how to ask others for their stories and how to receive them warmly and nonjudgmentally. Let’s start a paradigm where all new relationships seek the compassionate knowledge
Listening to the Stranger – A Radical Proposal to End Divisiveness Read More »
When I was a freshman at university, I felt deep-down that learning itself was a calling. But my ego refused to accept this and pushed me to use learning as a lever to achieve other objectives that were easier to equate with recognition and money. It has taken me this long – I’m now 62
Why Spiritual Direction? An Open Letter to Anyone Curious about Spiritual Companionship Read More »
Listen: Can you hear it? There in your heart. A vibration. A resonance. A song. It heralds a fresh start – a greening, a blossoming, an awakening. Be still: Can you feel it brush gently past your skin – like the first warm breeze of spring after the privations of winter? It’s the invigorating whisper of hope – an invitation to begin exploring
Renaissance 2021 – A New Season of Growth for Spiritual Companionship Read More »
Some call her Mary. Peace be upon her. Muslims know her as Maryam. Peace be upon her. Muslims revere her. The Quran calls Maryam – peace be upon her – the most righteous among all women. She is believed to be pure, in every sense of the word and that is what Azra (my name)
Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans died after a sudden illness in 2019, at the age of 37, and the world lost a courageous and compelling voice for truth-telling and all-welcoming love. This spiritual practice is inspired by the power of her intention to find and apply the balm of healing by standing firm for
The Power of Intention – A Practice Read More »
Truth is the ultimate spiritual companion. And honesty can transform foes into partners. This is a story that has been told as fiction, but its roots are in truth.… Sunrise is the most beautiful part of the day. First light. Don’t matter if there are colors like a picture postcard or it’s gray as water
Imagine waking up to the best day of your life — every day. No exception. That’s the promise of mindfulness. Don’t believe me? Did you know that the former Surgeon General of the United States meditates daily and considers mindfulness practice one of his four rules for health? I’m focusing on my emotional and mental
Your Best Day Every Day – The Potential of Mindfulness* Read More »
Hope is … an abiding state of being … Become a chalice into which this divine energy can pour; a lamp through which it can shine.
Mystical Hope – A Spiritual Practice Read More »
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