Monthly Archives: October 2022

Vulnerable Vineyard

Dear One, “Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful … Leave your seclusion, come out in the open. Let me see you … let me hear you …” (Song of Songs 2:10-15).  Does that kind of talk send you scurrying the opposite … Continue reading

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Freed from Fear

Dear One, Last week I told you about one of my defense mechanisms, or let’s be honest, one of my survival techniques, that of playing dead.  I mentioned that something I learned from the opossum is that playing dead is an involuntary reaction to … Continue reading

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See & Say

Dear One, If you see something, say something.  My beloved friend Kristen video messaged me from her chilly back porch this morning. She had just read a verse in the book of Zechariah and had a thing or three to tell me about … Continue reading

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Notice & Name

Dear One, I’ve heard contemplation described as a long, loving look at the real. In my spiritual direction training, I get to do a good bit of this. And truth be told, it doesn’t always mix well with my sometimes desirable defense mechanism of denial. There are, … Continue reading

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