Hello Readers!I’m so glad you’re here. Today, I’m sharing some fresh changes to my offerings here online!I’ve been writing online for sixteen years, and moving to writing on substack at The Attentive Life is the latest iteration of that work. I began as a blogger and eventually wrote for a dedicated ... Read More about What’s Next
A March Blessing
May March be the month we honor the dual nature of spring.May we open our mouths to the rain without swallowing the storm.May we open our eyes to the sun without being blinded by its brilliance.May we open our ears to the cries of others without being deafened by the cacophony of need.May we open ... Read More about A March Blessing
A February Blessing
May February be the month we believe in our inherent belovedness.May this be the month we sit with Love, and we allow Love to sing over us.May we tune our hearts with sympathetic resonance to Love’s insistent song.May we have the ears to hear, the quiet to receive, and the tenderness of soul to ... Read More about A February Blessing
A January Blessing
May January be the month we receive the quiet and calm God offers in this season.May it be the month we wait with patience and honor winter’s secret work of hidden growth.May we be like the trees: rooted, expectant, expanding, under a blanket of snow and silence.May we open our eyes to all that is ... Read More about A January Blessing
A December Blessing
May December be the month we learn to wait in the dark.May the darkness be like the muffled warmth of a womb.May we hear the mothering heartbeat of God echo around us.And may we know ourselves to be safe, protected, and held. May we grow in the dark waters without fear of the coming pressure ... Read More about A December Blessing
A November Blessing
May November be the month we ring the bell of gratitude with both hands.May we ring it as an act of faith, believing that the depth and clarity of sound will cut through our well-worn paths of pain and create new paths of peace.May its resonance rise and fall in waves of thanks to the God who ... Read More about A November Blessing