Part of the challenge is that when we hear the word “depth” we sense danger. We assume that going deeper in life is like diving in water. Deeper feels more dangerous than being on the surface. We need special qualifications and equipment to go deeper. We could go too far or come back to the […]
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I know people who hunger for fairy tale lives. They want to meet someone and fall in love, have a fairy tale wedding, create the perfect family, and live happily ever after. They want to vanquish the villain, slay the dragon, and live happily ever after. I cannot fault them for wanting everything to work
There was a long time when I did not appreciate the value of reflection. My life and leadership were based in action, without much real depth. I tend to be pretty focused, motivated by achieving goals, and very analytical. Those qualities helped fuel my approach to life and leadership. I was comfortable solving problems and
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I do not see myself as a very deep person. My experience tells me that I am much better at being focused, at paying attention, than at being deep or profound. My background is more strategic, more about achieving results. I am only now beginning to trust my intuition. Most of the deepest times for
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After weeks of struggle in the cocoon of Lent, the butterfly of Easter begins to take flight tonight. We will come together and, as usual, remind ourselves of our story and share a meal. These have been dark days filled with betrayal, injustice, torture, death, and hopelessness. Tonight, our story begins in the darkness. Slowly, one candle
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Sometimes I think I am going in circles. My journey does not seem like a pilgrimage, with a destination. It feels to me like I am going around and around, covering the same ground, never getting anywhere. I know that I have been here, worked on these challenges, heard this all before. Am I making
I am a recovering attorney. I decided to become a lawyer as a child. My choice was shaped by books I read and the people I saw on television. There were no lawyers in my family, and I had never met a lawyer in person. I did not know what practicing law really meant. I
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My pilgrimage is like a puzzle with many pieces to fit together. I am on a walking pilgrimage, and walk as far as I can each day. There is no destination toward which I am making progress, there is walking and being open to the Holy all around me. There is no path other than
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I am digging into the ways I work and rest for Lent this year. I have spent time reflecting on my own focus on work and rest, looking for the ways I balance the two, and considering how I recognize when I am working and when I am resting. My understanding of work and rest
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We are all on pilgrimage together, and each of us is on our own pilgrimage. We share the path. Sometimes it may appear that we are headed in opposite directions, or even pushing each other out of the way. Some of us act like they might own the path, but we are sharing. The path
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