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June 7, 2016 by Jed Dearing
A Whisper of Something Else
By Anna Berger No one in the world knows you’re here, Atop this ridge with your rose-flushed face and the dirt smudges up and down your faintly aching legs, you are alone. But God is no one because God is the One and the world is God’s and there’s a whisper of something else in […]Archives
November 24, 2015 by Praxis
Living in Community at Confluence House
by Katie Guy It has been a new experience to live with a group of people and to have the specific intentionality that we have living together. At the beginning of our service year we came up with a Rule of Life that organized our intentions for the year. I’ve always been someone that appreciated […]Archives
August 20, 2015 by Karl Stevens
The Tree of Contemplative Practices
I shared this wonderful illustration from The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society with the Confluence Volunteers when I was introducing them to the idea of spiritual direction. The illustration is by Carrie Bergman. The only thing it leaves out, as far as I can see, is practices of self-knowledge such as the Ignatian Examinem and one-on-one meetings […]Archives
April 3, 2015 by Jed Dearing
Where the Cross is Found
I’m struck by the pictures painted in the scripture of two gardens. The Garden of Eden, an idyllic garden, certainly not without temptation, but a space filled with connection to God, each other, and the Earth. We have our moments in the Garden of Eden; creekside sunset strolls, sharing a birthday lunch at the diner with […]Archives
August 7, 2013 by Praxis