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03/01/2023

Fallow season.
A season in which land has been dug or plowed but nothing has been planted in it, especially so that its quality or strength has a chance to improve.

Sometimes our souls need a fallow season. A time in which we go deep into the darkest parts… but do or say nothing; only listen and be still.

It is there when we find our strength, restoration, and are reminded of hope.

Fallow season takes intentional work… a work that look more like rest.

How are you resting?

02/13/2023

The heart wanders from memory to memory.

The body keeps the score.

It is history that keeps a timeline.

02/11/2023

Spirituality and the art of soul care is to work out what has been discovered and uncovered within us.
Soul care requires commitment, practice, and intention.

RMR

01/17/2023

I have talked before about the three intelligence centers: Our head, our heart, and our gut.

We respond to the things we encounter with these centers…often with one more than the others.

Our dominant intelligence center says a lot about who we are as a person.

How do you most often respond to situations?

Do you instinctively react by thinking about things a lot before making a decision?

Do you lead with your heart and run by emotions?

Or do you “go with your gut and make quick instinct decisions?

Feel free to share!

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas!

May you find rest,

May you find joy,

May you find peace and quiet in your soul.

11/30/2022

When in doubt, be like eucalyptus:

Have Strength: Eucalyptus trees possess both inner and outer strength. Their inner layer helps them to hold themselves together, and their outer layers are tough and strong.

Possess Leadership: Eucalyptus is known for its ability to lead as it is highly adaptable to new environments and will grow just as well in a new place as it would in its native region.

Maintain Focus: Since there are so many different species, each one has different characteristics….but each species focuses on living into what it does best!

🌱🌱🌱

11/23/2022

I’ve seen the movie “Moana” at least a dozen times over the past few years… because … kids…

One day, as I was listening to this particular song, the one when Moana is on the boat talking to her grandma, I cried.

Because man, the world has seemed so against itself for a while…
And there aren’t really scars yet; but deep, festering wounds.

I’m talking about the hurtful things we say to each other, the hurtful way we passive aggressively attack each other, the exhausting circumstances we find ourselves in, or the impossible situations that are thrown at us.
..And then the line about the people you love.

I can tell you that there are people I love that have changed the way I see the world, the way I see myself, the way I choose to show up...and I’m sure you can relate.

We want so desperately for things to go back to the way they were...
but things have been said (or not said.) choices have been made, actions have been taken. What’s done is done.

If you’re reading this you probably have read a lot of my posts about taking care of yourself. And if you REALLY know me, you know I’ve been practicing the art of going within myself to find
A) soul rest
B) Divine encounters-which often sound like a still small voice.
C) Wisdom for my next faithful step.

That still small voice inside me has all kinds of things to share.... and most of the time it’s about who I am, and my call in life.

Which has me wondering ...what it would look like if we collectively spent less time listening to the loud noise around us and more time listening the still small voice inside us? What would change?

11/16/2022

“With a fire in her eyes, she stops to gaze at the sun as it peaks over the barren trees. The contrast of the red and orange flames against the sky brings comfort.
The sun knows the heat it possesses, the the loneliness it bears...and yet, it chooses to rise anyway.”

-RMR

11/09/2022

“I don’t know” is what I kept telling my husband as we went for our nightly walk along the trail we had found by our house. It was a beautiful path that I found to be soothing to my body, mind, and spirit.

He wasn't necessarily asking me anything, but they were the only words I could get out some days when I would try to express how I was feeling.

Sometimes, well, oftentimes, it seemed as though there was a war waging within me. One minute I would think I’m going in a direction and the next I would feel as though a shift takes place and I would get completely disoriented.

Between moving across the state, resigning from a career I had poured nearly 10 years into, and not really knowing what’s next, being home full time with the kids, grieving the loss of friendships that I didn’t realize I’d lose, grieving the mess that is the church right now, and so much more...the only thing I could say in those particular moments was... “I don’t know.”

I essentially was struggling with deep inner chaos.
“I don’t know” may be exactly how I felt...

But it’s the work of going inward, going to the heart of myself, that would help me find the shalom, the peace within the chaos.

It’s something I already knew. I teach this all the time, but when you are so deeply and utterly disoriented, so fragile and grief-stricken, it can be almost impossible to clearly see what is in front of your face, can't it?

That's why it is so important to have people in your life to help guide you and remind you of the importance of soul care, self-care, and relational care.

11/05/2022

I was listening to the “Ologies” podcast a while back and they were talking about Eudemonology, the study of happiness.

In it, they talked about two words that pertain to our life:

WITH and IN.

Are you happy WITH your life?

Are you happy IN your life?

Although the questions seem so similar, and most of us would probably answer the same for both questions, they are vastly different.

I love having a garden. I am happy WITH a garden.

However, there are some days when I don’t feel like being IN the garden: weeding, watering, pruning.

Life is like gardening to me.

I am so happy with the life I have, and yet, there are days when I don’t want to be in the trenches of it, dealing with the mud, weeds, and unwanted pests.

But now and again, when I remember to step back and look at my progress…

Happiness. It truly is happiness.

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