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Terra McDaniel
Nov 15, 20204 min read
Courage, Dear Heart
Where Dreams Come True I love rereading children’s books as a grown-up. They often convey a capacity for wonder and daring and joy that...
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Witty Sandle
Nov 6, 20204 min read
Holy Candor
Fall this year has been beautiful - unseasonably warm up here in Alberta, and my flowerpots have been blooming gloriously when they...
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Jen Macnab
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Sides
How often do we find ourselves in a "sides" situation? The current season is an example. Regardless of which "side" you embrace, you will...
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Lacy Finn Borgo
Oct 23, 20204 min read
The Importance of Wonder in Our Life with God
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a National Park in our neck of the woods. When my daughters were young, we would drive the steep...
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MaryKate Morse
Oct 17, 20205 min read
A Reflection for Spiritual Companions on the Fall of Falwell Jr.
Another mighty tree fell crashing to the earth as tweets and news came out of Jerry Falwell Jr’s – and his wife’s – moral failures. These...
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Michael Simmons
Oct 10, 20204 min read
From Loneliness to Solitude:Pursuing Social Justice from Within
“The movement from loneliness to solitude is not a movement of growing withdrawal but is instead a movement toward a deeper engagement in...
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Companioning Center
Oct 4, 20205 min read
Finding Peace in the Storm
By Katie Skurja …all your waves and your billows have gone over me… - Psalm 42:7 Gasping. Choking. Flailing. I could barely keep my head...
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Companioning Center
Sep 26, 20203 min read
A Spider’s Web of Hidden Connection
By Mary Hally One early morning, while my young daughter and I were outside, she brought to my attention a spider’s web within the blades...
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Companioning Center
Sep 18, 20204 min read
Finding Sacred Spaces
The other day, I had the blessing of going for a socially-distanced walk with a parishioner. I was interested to know how he was handling...
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Terra McDaniel
Sep 14, 20204 min read
The Sacred Duty of Play
Why We Work Too Much I don’t know about you but I’m tired. I am worn out by pandemic life, hostility, contempt, racial injustice, and...
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Companioning Center
Sep 7, 20204 min read
Loneliness
By Audre Rickard It was earlier in the summer, it was suggested I try a prayer practice that asks an object in nature what it wanted to...
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Companioning Center
Aug 31, 20204 min read
A Confession
By Becky Grisell On Thursday, June 4, 2020—ten days after the murder of George Floyd—I awoke to both a social truth and a spiritual...
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Savoy Stevens
Aug 24, 20203 min read
Where is God in the Chaos?
In a year of unprecedented and unexpected chaos, many are searching for the solid rock of certainty amidst the waves of upheaval caused...
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Companioning Center
Aug 16, 20204 min read
Invitation to Abide
By Audre Rickard As the season of change approaches, I am invited to consider how I traverse life’s complexities as I abide with Jesus....
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Companioning Center
Aug 10, 20205 min read
Cooking the Discernment Soup with Children and Teens
By Lacy Finn Borgo Parents all over the world have been catapulted into a season of discernment. The global pandemic has moved us into...
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Companioning Center
Aug 1, 20203 min read
The Second Half
By Jen Macnab It's time for a comeback. The first half of 2020 was an uphill journey & team humanity felt the overwhelming heaviness. And...
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Companioning Center
Jul 26, 20203 min read
My Body Given for You: The Wall of Moms
By MaryKate Morse When Jesus hung on the cross, he gave his body so our bodies could be spared. On the cross he gave his life, his...
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Companioning Center
Jul 18, 20204 min read
Human Shushing
By Michael Simmons I recently was playing a game of Crazy 8s with my daughter Bina. I had just put my 2-year-old son, David down for a...
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Companioning Center
Jul 11, 20204 min read
Mellowness of Heart
By Lisa Graham McMinn One of my daughters spent six months as an intern in Malawi where she saw pain, suffering and injustice, and also...
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Companioning Center
Jul 3, 20204 min read
Through the Looking Glass
By Witty Sandle One of my favorite similes to explain spiritual direction is a mirror. A mirror helps us to see ourselves as we are, as...
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