This week I want to shift from personal responsibility to talking about the movement of Spirit. When we create, we are not creating on our own. We are co-creating with Spirit. Many times it is Spirit who initiates an invitation to co-create with us. The knock at our door In the Christian tradition we use […]
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Freedom: The gift of personal responsibility
How and why take personal responsibility when the situation we are in is out of our hands? There are forces out there that are causing the challenge, the trauma, or the situation. It is being done to and upon us. Should not the responsibility lie outside ourselves on the entities, power and people who are […]
Personal Responsibility: The path to redemption #Thor
Personal responsibility offers us a path to redemption. Thor offers us a fabulous example of the path to redemption. His is a story of personal responsibility and repentance that leads to redemption. By taking personal responsibility, Thor matures and reclaims of his own strength, power and wisdom. His story continues to deepen, like peeling layers […]
Hope: Keeping our small boats afloat
This has been a challenging month for us. For me it feels like a dismantling of my values and morality. I struggle each morning with how to engage in Spirit’s call to justice. I wonder where hope is? As a pastor and energy worker, I feel that an important aspect of pastoring is being a […]
Entering deep into the Silence of my Heart
A few weeks ago I made a decision to go on silent retreat for three days before I head to NM. I figured I could use the time to sit with the grief of my final week in NJ: saying goodbye to the church I served for three years, my 9 year old dog Anoukie, my […]