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Pilgrimage Musings
By Susan Anquist Psalm 84:5 “Blessed are those who find their strength in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage”. Two years ago, while...
Companioning Center
May 3, 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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Freefall Into Unknowing
Maybe we all need holding more than words—presence more than questions or answers
Companioning Center
Mar 21, 20202 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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Instead
By Jen Macnab Right now, we find ourselves in the season of Lent. This 40-day stretch begins with Ash Wednesday and culminates with...
Companioning Center
Mar 5, 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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Diamond in the Rough
By Katie Skurja “See I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5 Twenty-six years ago, my husband and I had an opportunity to by a...
Companioning Center
Feb 20, 20205 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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Forms of Silence
I have been pondering the various forms that silence can take, prompted by the poem from Edgar Lee Masters,[1] simply called ‘Silence.’
witsandle
Jan 18, 20204 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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What Might Trees Say If We Could Hear?
“God is one whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
There is no place where God is not.” (Bonadventure)
Companioning Center
Jan 2, 20204 min read
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Know Love
How do we live from a sense of true belovedness?
Companioning Center
Dec 17, 20194 min read
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