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Finding Sacred in Everyday Life
What if we’ve been looking for the sacred in everyday life in all the wrong places? We’re often taught to expect holiness in stained glass and silence, in…
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How to Learn the Art of Listening in a Noisy World
The art of listening is really a skill that takes years of practice to learn, much like anything else in life.
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When You Sit With a Dying Person
How to look beyond grief and find peace while sitting at the bedside of a loved one who is dying is explained in comparison to childbirth. The joy…
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Dekker, a Dog who writes an advice column
Dekker is a service dog who loves to write, or more correctly, dictate advice to humans (and sometimes cats and other animals).
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A Manifesto – TheReflectivePen – Part Two
Part two of a three-part Manifesto of TheReflectivePen is the first half of a list of goals that guide the writing on this blog.
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A Manifesto of TheReflectivePen Part One
Genesis The genesis of TheReflectivePen is a tale of collective failures and successful adventures in both writing and technology in a search for meaning and…
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WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL WORK OF GRATITUDE?
Why gratitude is a spiritual practice in which we include both memorable events and things that are painful.
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HOW TO LET A WALK IN THE FOREST INSPIRE YOUR WRITING
Taking a walk through the forest is one of the best ways to inspire your writing, regardless of subject matter.
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SPIRITUAL, RELIGIOUS OR NEITHER?
Taking a look at spirituality and religion, the places they overlap, and the practices that support them.
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HOW TO FORGIVE WHEN IT HURTS
How do we forgive when we have been betrayed? Is it possible to move forward while still bleeding from the wounds? In a society that tells us to…
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8 WAYS TO PRAY WITHOUT WORDS
Have you ever found yourself at a loss for words when it comes to prayer? There are other ways to pray that do not call for using language.…
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Is There A Right Way To Pray?
When it comes to prayer, is there a right way to pray? Would that be kneeling or in silence? In song or with a prayer book? These reflections…
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How to Find Spiritual Truth in a Red Pepper
How photography and contemplation of everyday objects like vegetables can lead to deeper understanding and wisdom.
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How to Leave a Legacy of Story
The importance of recording your story to leave as a legacy for your descendants, based on the metaphors of a hike towards a waterfall.
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It’s Raining
. . . Rain calls poets to pour out psalms and canticles. . . because Johnnie knows. . .
