These days, alongside the cultural twilight zone we are living in,  I am finding "thin places" on my early morning walks in the neighborhood. Surprising spaces where the Divine punches through my reverie and brings me to my knees in gratitude. On this day it was sister coyote. 7:30am. I was deep in my own … Continue reading Coyote Visitation

From one of our true Elders, Wendell Berry. Words I needed to hear today.   It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that … Continue reading Our Real Work

Sabbath Time, as Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel states is "architecture in time".  "The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments". (The Sabbath, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux (NY: NY, 1951) 6. Sabbath time liberates us from the oppression of spending the lion's share of our … Continue reading COVID-19, Sabbath Time

THIS IS A SABBATH SOUL TENDING SEASON...there are opportunities such as the fantastic collaboration between clay and poetry featured on this blog. Come. April 30-May 2. Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Pandemic What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and … Continue reading PANDEMIC…soul tending days

Ash Wednesday has come and gone...we are thick into that 40 day wilderness of Lent, on the road to Easter. If you are in the middle of a dark night of the soul, or on the margins of transition, or your heart is just waking up to your deepest stirrings and desiring, I wanted to … Continue reading You Make Beautiful Things Out of Dust

Friends, just wanted to remind you that there are still a few spaces for this upcoming retreat in the high desert at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. You won't be disappointed! As you dive deeper into Sabbath time, you will explore your soul's longings, and find how such joys and passions of your soul connect to … Continue reading Lenten Soul Tending Retreat

Soul Tending friends, I will be teaching soul tending classes retreats this coming year. A Lenten retreat is right around the corner, March 1-6, 2020.  Some themes we will explore are Sabbath Mind/Simplicity, What makes your Heart Sing? Hospitality, Healing, creativity and Nature as Sabbath Companion. What separates you from God’s love as we enter … Continue reading 2020 GHOST RANCH OFFERINGS