Tag Archives: PrayingWithOurSenses

Finding and an Agate in the Rough

Posted on 04/08/2023 by Christine

My mom grew up rock hunting. My grandparents would take me. The rock in the lap of a little sculpture (I picked up at a second hand store) is a rock I found when I was rock hunting with my … Continue reading →

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My Final Word for 2021 – In This Place and Time

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Christine

I know I did the same thing before. It might have even been last year, but I changed my word. Well, maybe I did not change it exactly, but I reverted back to what came to me first. The word … Continue reading →

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Bless This Tiny House and My Word for 2021

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Christine

A few weeks ago I was ready to run away. Far away. Because of COVID19, the safety of that guttural urge needed to be modified, but not before I searched Air&B for possibilities and even called my cousin in Georgia … Continue reading →

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Practicing Rosh Hashanah with an Empty Vase

Posted on 09/22/2020 by Christine

This morning when I opened my Facebook, there was a memory of a quote I had shared back in 2009. It read “Lord, empty me of all that bogs me down, that I may be an open vessel for you.” … Continue reading →

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Finding Symbols and Making Meaning – Communicating with God through Art Journaling

Posted on 07/29/2020 by Christine

Yesterday, I had an oil change appointment for our car and brought along a new book I just received in the mail to read. The book is titled Paint Mojo: A Mixed Media Workshop and written by Tracy Verdugo with … Continue reading →

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Do Justice, Work for Justice, Good Trouble

Posted on 07/21/2020 by Christine

I mentioned in my last post that I had started painting as therapy and prayer during the pandemic. It is something that I have continued. Yesterday, I was painting a watercolor on a small 3″x9″ piece of watercolor paper. As … Continue reading →

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My Prayer Corner

Posted on 01/13/2020 by Christine

I mentioned the other day that a friend of mine gave me some new ideas for my prayer corner. My prayer corner started out as a collection of crosses I had either purchased or received as a gift. Last year, … Continue reading →

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My Word for 2020 – Wonder

Posted on 01/12/2020 by Christine

Whenever I tell people about the spiritual practice I use of choosing a word for the year, they often ask me questions about why and how. I was originally introduced to the practice by Christine Valters Paintner of Abbey of … Continue reading →

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My Cocoon – My Cave – My Outer Cell

Posted on 05/29/2018 by Christine

Last night I was laying in the hammock on the deck and my husband asked if I was in my cocoon and if I would emerge a butterfly.  He was joking, of course.  I figured out the sides of the … Continue reading →

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Being Held

Posted on 05/22/2018 by Christine

A couple of weeks ago I was listening to a podcast on the Greater Good Magazine.  Krista Tippet, creator of the On Being show on NPR, is one of the guest speakers on the podcast.  The podcast is titled Krista … Continue reading →

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