I'm telling you in advance. This is a loooong post. Super long. I have put it in 'chapters' to help ease the progress ( Read more... )

I know most people on my flist aren't that in to religion, but I do work for the church, and my time living in the monastery was the most meaningful thing I have ever experienced, so please excuse my enthusiasm for this side of things. It is where my musings tend to lead...

Reading has taken an upturn. I finally finished 'The Jesuit Guide to ( ( Read more... )

I saw this on Scripsi's journal and thought it looked jolly interesting. So here goes...

Look at your LJ “interests” list. If you have less than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. / If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. / If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. / If you have fewer than ten, ( Read more... )

Sometimes we need to be fearlessly open and love fearlessly.

It’s foolish to be closed, because if you’re closed, it hurts you. Just take your hand and make it into a fist. Squeeze it tighter and tighter-it hurts. Then let go and release.

Sometimes we try to protect ourselves by being closed, but this ends up hurting us even more. Often, the greatest ( Read more... )

Well, I admit I haven't been on LJ for a while, but goodness, what a change to the layout ( Read more... )

I finally read 'The Shack', by Wm. Paul Young.


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About a week ago I was asked to take the place of the sermon at church and speak a bit about my experience at Taize. This church has Taize prayers once a month, so they know about Taize. So I was asked to talk about not Taize so much as my experience at Taize and how it affected my spiritual life. It is an Anglican church, so nice short sermons, ( Read more... )

I have done it. After years and years of reasons why I "just don't have time this year", coupled with the consolation "next year, next year", I have finally done it. I have finally signed up for NaNoWriMo. I have no excuse right now. I am back in Australia, passing the time until January, when I relocate and start my new job. My plans for November ( Read more... )