Category: Spirituality

Topics pertain in some way to the unseen realm of Reality, the inner world, or the Divine, most often in a Christian and ecumenical context with the assumption that all people are in reality, beings with and of spirit.

December Pause [SSL 339]

A time for a pause for our high resolve.

The Quarterly Theme is ENCOUNTER
For December this includes the topic: PAUSE

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STILL Announcement

I hope you will all be there in a few weeks online with me and others for this annual event that makes welcoming a new year lovely and bright.

Try this link: https://the-pilgrimage.org/home-2/get-connected/winter-solace-2025/

Unanswered Prayer: Insights from Howard Thurman [SSL 338]

Today is a reading and reflection on three short essays of Howard Thurman that I hope find you encouraging.

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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The November Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

Eps 230: Discernment as Formation | Adam Shields, guest

Today is a guest episode with prolific bibliophile, spiritual director, and non profit consultant, Adam Shields.

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Links and info about all, or most, of the books and authors mentioned in the episode (and Adam’s collection of writing on books that he’s read) can be located here https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/151524864

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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!❇️ The November Challenge Patreon post ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

The Lord is slow to anger and rich in love [SSL 337]

This post is part update and part restful reflection that might be the perfect break from election-related mayhem. Sometimes we need a perspective shift and I hope this helps! 

To find the chapter to read for yourself go here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20145&version=NIV

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Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️ at the main channel HERE,
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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The November Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

An Altar in the World: Feeling Pain [SSL 326]

A powerful reading and short reflection on the incarnational aspects of pain from the fantastic book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor.

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More on Barbara Brown Taylor and additional reflections await subscribers here ⬇️
https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150461240

Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️ at the main channel HERE,
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What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The October Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968