Somedays life is like a long dark tunnel, and it's not clear that one will emerge anytime soon into the light. That is what Holy Week felt like this year for me. Everything around me was bright and comfortable and beautiful. I am housesitting in a gorgeous adobe for friends in Taos. This Easter weekend, … Continue reading I Choose Love
Author: afasinger
#Re-Set # A New Beginning #Imagination
Though the world seems crazy off-kilter and so many things beyond our control, we do have choices everyday. Incremental, small choices of attitude and action. They all add up to shift eventually. Our circles of influence are changed. Recently I heard my friend, Todd wynward of TiLT, speak at a gathering. He said, roughly paraphrased … Continue reading #Re-Set # A New Beginning #Imagination
Longing
I traversed one of my favorite trails as I did my walkabout in the mountains today. Piedra Lisa literally means, "Beautiful place". For me, it has become a meeting place with the Holy. I go there for my soul to lift off like angel wings when I feel too earth bound. It is a thin … Continue reading Longing
On Being Present
The late Irish poet and theologian priest John O’Donahue published a beautiful book that explores our yearning to belong. I have been devouring it lately with great gusto. He has become my new favorite writer. The late Irish poet/philosopher/priest, John O'Donahue As a seeker of the contemplative life, his words on “presence” ring true to me. … Continue reading On Being Present
On Resurrection
Because sometimes we travel heavyand those head-y times we can barelyimagine the freebody movement of dance. Because sometimes we travel darkand from those hard paths we can’t evenconjure an image of sunrise or moonrise or starlight or fire. Because sometimes we travel soloand those lonely times we forget all the otherswe’ve travelled with lovinglytravelled with … Continue reading On Resurrection