I've been avoiding silence, avoiding it a lot -- but this morning I finally sat down in the middle of my living room in half-lotus, turned off the music, and dared the silence ( Read more... )

One of the challenges I'm finding being a spiritual director outside of one of the major religious traditions is that pretty much all of the books that are considered "classic" and "foundational" were written by Christians. I have no issue with Christianity, and in fact my own theology remains deeply influenced by being raised Christian, but the ( Read more... )

If you've been reading along and missed Alfrecht's comment on my Persephone/sovereignty post, you may want to go back and glance at it. It seems that a word that insisted in being included had a deeper implication than I realized -- and more associations ( Read more... )

The last few weeks have been very eventful ( Read more... )

I was excited to find out this morning that Lee Harrington, aka passionandsoul, is offering a class called Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM through the Power Play AcademyIt's an online class that starts July 2nd. Tuition is usually $147, but only $97 with the code on the link above ( Read more... )

A few days ago I started reading a book called What Was Asked Of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought ItThe use of the past tense in the title tweaks me a little, because obviously the war is still going on; there are still soldiers stationed in and fighting in Iraq. But the interviews were done with men and women who had ( Read more... )

A very old friend with whom I have not had direct contact in many years just sent me a note via Facebook about ErosFestNW: www.erosfestnw.com

They're looking for workshop presenters, and one of their four areas of focus is sacred sexuality.

I just happen to have two ideas to send them. . . .

Deadline is June 10th.

After spending more than three years thinking about it, talking about it, planning it, and running away from it, I have finally launched the website for my business, Feral Holiness: Spiritual Direction Outside the Boundarieshttp://www.feralholiness.com/Read more... )

I just finished my formal severance review with an HR manager who I've worked with the entire five+ years I've been with MyCo. She asked me what my plans are, and I told her.

She's interested in doing spiritual direction with me.

She gave me her personal email and I'm going to follow up with her next week after my move.

*boggle/wow!

At the beginning of the "Sacred D/s" workshop I just attended we spent a minute each introducing ourselves with the usual: name, bdsm orientation, intention in coming to the class, and whatever else felt pertinent ( Read more... )