Saturday afternoon, August 12th 2023, with the smell of wildfire sharp in my throat I picked wild blackberries. This was my Lammas/Lughnasadh celebration, my Eucharist with the place
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Tending Hope: Spiritual Practices for Apocalypse
There is an ancient tradition in the land of my ancestors of tending sacred flames (including the home hearth). This isn’t a unique practice to be sure, many
Tarot for Your Spiritual Journey
Tarot is one of those tools that no one is neutral on. There are those who think it is a tool of demon worship, or at best superstition,
Spiritual Bypassing & The Lie of Ease
There is a persistent falsehood being preached in the new age spiritual community. It isn’t a new lie. Christianity has its own version of it. Maybe it is
What is Spiritual Direction?
There are two questions I get most often as a spiritual director: What is it spiritual direction, anyway? And, isn’t it just someone telling you what to believe,
Prayer
We were taught to pray word by word careful and polite. But eventually the words will fail fall silent and what is left the shape of a cherry
Embodied Awareness
As I write this we are slipping further into fall, down the seasonal slope into winter. The trees are dropping leaves, I definitely want the wool sweater in
Breathwork Techniques
If you have been following me at all you probably know I teach breathwork meditation (the least helpful name for a practice ever because of its vagueness, at
The Power of the Pause
Human beings are communal animals. We don’t form ourselves into packs, or hives, or herds, but we need each other. I think it wouldn’t be wrong to call
Reclaiming Wonder
I wonder a lot. And by that of course I mean two things, I ruminate, cogitate, turn things over in my mind; and I am frequently struck with