Spirituality
A Refuge For The Broken-Hearted — Laughing at Nazis
Today is Ostara, the Spring Equinox, a time of balance and rebirth. So Blessed, Merry Ostara to all. Particularly the ‘merry’ bit. More on that below. (hint: it’s a superpower) Ostara’s roots are old, and although some claim it’s a relatively new ‘Wiccan’ holiday, it transcends all such (slightly condescending) naming. I mean, come on……
Read More2024: Liberation and Death
Every year, as some of you know, I choose a word to focus on, as a way of experiencing whatever may happen during this turn of the wheel, and I calculate the Tarot card that symbolizes this part of my spiritual journey. A couple of days ago I wrote about my Tarot card of 2023…
Read MoreWriting Matters, Regardless. Meditation, Writing, and the Mundus Imaginalis.
A friend I talked to recently hit on the existential pain of the writer’s life when they said they feared their long years of work and sacrifice were all for nothing since they feared (with good reason) the book they’d been working on for years will never be published. To have a manuscript remain unpublished…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #13 – Living “Woke” Is A Holy Pursuit
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the twelve previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. This essay speaks to me in many ways. I’ve been unsettled for a long time by attacks and accusations of…
Read MoreWisdom Companion #10 – The Great Asceticism: Life on Life’s Terms.
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the nine previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. In this reflection, Sr. Rita talks about what it means to find oneself at a place in the journey where…
Read MoreNo Magic Solution To Criticism: In Conversation with Sr. Rita Woehlcke
As you know, my dear friend Sr. Rita is undergoing chemo for cancer, a disease she calls her “Wisdom Companion.” She has written, and continues to write, about the wisdom she is receiving as she is on this journey. You can read her essays on this blog. Just look in the search engine. The other…
Read MoreAbout Doubt – Conversation with Sr. Rita Woehlcke
As you know, my dear friend Sr. Rita is undergoing chemo for cancer, a disease she calls her “Wisdom Companion.” She has written, and continues to write, about the wisdom she is receiving as she is on this journey. You can read her essays on this blog. Just look in the search engine. The other…
Read MoreMother of Sorrows – the Universal Dark Mother
I was fascinated by my friend, Sr. Rita’s, take on Jesus’s mother, Mary, which she wrote about here. Two things struck me most – first, her resistance to what she called the 1950s version of Mary: all pastels and rosy cheeks and purity so complete as to be bloodless; and second, her reminder that Mary,…
Read MoreAbout Mary – Conversation with Sr. Rita Woehlcke
As you know, my dear friend Sr. Rita is undergoing chemo for cancer, a disease she calls her “Wisdom Companion.” She has written, and continues to write, about the wisdom she is receiving as she is on this journey. You can read her essays on this blog. Just look in the search engine. The other…
Read MoreA Distant God And An Invitation For Questions – Wisdom Companion #8
Hello everyone, this is the latest news and wisdom from Sr Rita, who is on a journey with cancer. You will find the seven previous “Wisdom Companion” pieces from Sr. Rita by searching this site. Sr. Rita writes: With gratitude for your prayers and healing energy — which I know are having a positive effect…
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