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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 6, 20203 min read
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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 28, 20203 min read
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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
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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
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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 16, 20203 min read
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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
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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
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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...
lenora93
Jan 25, 20205 min read
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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
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