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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I was listening with a person this week who was telling me about a difficult situation with her son. “I know I...
Marcia Wakeland
October 20, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I’ve just finished a eight-day retreat which focused a lot on seeing the Brilliancy in all of life—similar to...
Marcia Wakeland
October 13, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

There is a time-honored question I often ask as a spiritual director, because my own spiritual director asked me...
Marcia Wakeland
September 29, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

In response to last week’s article on being thankful even for the difficulties in life, one of our Joy members,...
Marcia Wakeland
September 22, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I recently came across a passage from a book by Father Thomas Keating that I had written in the back of my seminary...
Marcia Wakeland
September 15, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

The spiritual practice of Centering Prayer has a long history in Christian meditation practice. It is one that the...
Marcia Wakeland
September 8, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

Lectio Divina is an ancient Christian practice going back to the third century. It literally means “divine...
Marcia Wakeland
September 1, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I call it the spiritual practice of fall. We all feel the chill in the air, smell the high bush cranberries in the...
Marcia Wakeland
August 26, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

One of our sending hymns says, “As we go out from this place we scatter like seeds..” This story came to me in an...
Marcia Wakeland
August 18, 2024
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I have written about this spiritual practice before, and in some ways, it is too big a topic for a short reminder...
Marcia Wakeland
August 11, 2024

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