Prayer Practices

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...

Companioning Center

Oct 4, 20205 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...

Companioning Center

Sep 26, 20203 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...

Companioning Center

Sep 18, 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...

Companioning Center

Sep 7, 20204 min read

Embracing Important Uncomfortable Stuff

By Susan Anquist Last month I turned sixty. If my plans had fallen into place I would have been somewhere out there on pilgrimage in...

Companioning Center

Jun 27, 20203 min read

The First Step Toward Change

By Dominic Abaria The world is broken. And so is my heart. News from across the country has highlighted the blatant systemic racism so...

Companioning Center

Jun 5, 20203 min read

Practicing Lament in the Time of the Corona Virus

Rediscovering Essential We are relearning what is essential in these strange times. Going to work, school, and gathering with friends...

Terra McDaniel

May 10, 20204 min read

Gratitude: Anxiety's Antidote

By Becky Grisell Just like that—the world changes. At breakneck speed, life has changed in unprecedented and unforeseen ways. Sickness,...

Companioning Center

Apr 25, 20203 min read

Alone but not Lonely: A Solitude Toolbox

In a culture that rewards extroversion, being alone is often viewed negatively, but it is possible to be alone and not lonely.

Savoy Stevens

Apr 14, 20205 min read

The Juxtaposition of Lament and Faith

By Susan Anquist I boldly say, we are in the midst of the greatest world-wide disorientation in our lifetime. The challenge and one of...

Companioning Center

Apr 5, 20203 min read

Held in Good Hands

By Lenora Rousseau We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let...

Companioning Center

Mar 27, 20203 min read

Fire, Water and Earth: A Reflection of the Truest Things we Know

By Lacy Finn Borgo There is an unmistakable clang that reverberates throughout the laundry room as million-year-old granite bits slam up...

Companioning Center

Mar 12, 20204 min read

Breath

By Becky Grisell “One day the Eternal God scooped dirt out of the ground, sculpted it into the shape we call human, breathed the breath...

Companioning Center

Feb 26, 20204 min read

Rituals of Renewal and Release

As a spiritual director, I get to spend time helping people of all ages and situations tune into their sense of God, the holy, and their...

Terra McDaniel

Feb 15, 20203 min read

The Limitation of Assumptions in Spiritual Direction with Children

By Lacy Finn Borgo I have the incredible honor to accompany children at Haven House, which is a transitional facility for homeless...

Companioning Center

Feb 7, 20205 min read

Befriending Our Emotions

By Michael Simmons Emotions as Guides Our emotions serve as guides to our inner landscape, leading us toward paths of connection and...

Companioning Center

Feb 2, 20204 min read

Never the Same Mercies Twice

By Lenora Rousseau (Photo by Aaron Rousseau, 2018) God’s love towards humanity and creation is inexhaustible. God’s merciful love extends...

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Jan 25, 20205 min read

Remembering and Re-membering: A New Year's Examen

Remembering as in recalling... re-membering as putting back together that which is fragmented or out of place.

Savoy Stevens

Jan 12, 20203 min read