Ash Wednesday Reflection

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Today is Ash Wednesday AND we welcome the new moon… a potent day for connecting with the dust of the earth and setting an intention for healthy rhythms in our life. For a long time, I’ve loved Ash Wednesday. The depth of this day has called my name. This, the first day of the Lenten season, brings recognition to the path of Christ that leads to his death and resurrection. In the Christian tradition, I’ve often experienced the main focus has been on LIGHT, light, LIGHT — focus on all that is glimmer. One thing I truly appreciate about the…

Visual Prayer of Tension

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Tension, when tendedtransforms into ideas.Kindly BE with it.Amen. This visual prayer was created using the Prayer Squares creative practice. Prayer Squares are designed as a bite-size creative practice to lead you to surprise, delight and vision in your prayer life. Join me this year to create one Prayer Square per week. Find out more about the practice HERE.

A Peaceful Revolution

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Side by side, we sing a heartfelt “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me” as insides stir with anxiety, our spoken words, curt. Living peace is a challenge. We desire the golden ticket placed gently in our hands:“Do this, then do this, then this, and you will live a life of peace.” We all know this isn’t the way it goes down. I went to a sweet, mid-week church service not long ago and a couple was joyful to announce their “good deed” completed for those in attendance. When it came time for giving the…

The Women Show Up

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“But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.” –Luke 23:49 “The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.” – Luke 23:55-56 The women show up to hold space to grieve painwith prayer The women show upto support the Christto embrace one anotherwith love The women show upto honor their truthto claim their…

What’s Muse Got to Do with IC (Intentional Creativity)?

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“Do you always paint faces?” the question streams in, curious folk wanna know. Maybe it seems strange large faces, ladies of symbol— where did they come from? What’s this face — this Muse got to do with IC? the movement of IC moves through murals, mandalas, clay flows through dance, yoga, conversation not just paint. But, what about the paint?** And, the face? Tell, me, when was the last time you gazed into the windows of another’s soul to notice how the light sparkles with peculiar gleam? Can you tell me if their eyes shone blue or, rather, if the…