Life often takes us into unexpected darkness…we must learn to mine the jewels from the dark.
Mining the Deep
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Sitting
I am finishing a 7-day silent retreat at Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House in Sedalia, Colorado. I strongly recommend doing a silent retreat to every human, regardless of spiritual faith. Silence teaches us the language of the soul. It speaks to us in beauty and wonder, opening up our hearts and lives to what we…
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Nock an Arrow
I keep coming back to the last scene in The Death of Robin Hood, where Robin is talking a little girl through how to shoot a final arrow on his behalf as his life blood drains out – a representation of the fullness of his life. It was intense and visceral and lodged itself in…
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When Grief Demands Attention
There are moments when grief demands attention – it locks in and breaks your heart wide open. Again and again. And again. It finds a shard of your shattered heart and slowly grinds it beneath it’s heel. It has found me tonight. Often these moments when grief demands our full attention, we want to be…
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