Posts Tagged ‘spirituality’
Spirituality: Wild Calls to Wild ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
I stood on the cliffside of the Baltit Fort in Hunza, Pakistan, as the wind howled and whipped snow flurries through the peaks of the towering Hindu Kush Mountains surrounding me. It was off-season, so I had that barren rock face to myself. My family had moved on inside. The boom of an avalanche broke…
Read MoreCrystals for Calm and Clarity ll By Megan Anderson
I think we’ve probably all seen it by now, from It Girls to Instagram – crystals are having a moment. While it may seem like a recent trend, there is something beautiful, magical and mysterious that’s drawn humans to rocks and minerals throughout history. It’s no coincidence that the Hope Diamond is one of the…
Read More5 Stages to an Updated Personal Myth ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
In my last blog, I gave examples of personal myths, and wrote of how they largely operate unawares in our lives, like a puppeteer pulling the strings behind our unconscious screen. They are like a lens that gives meaning to every situation you meet and what you will do in it, answering the greater questions of life:…
Read MoreThe Glory of Lion’s Tooth: In Praise of Diversity ll By Dorothy Wallis
Dandelion, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” and you with your bright golden shaggy Lion’s mane and your “dent de lion” serrated leaves will always remind me of playing in meadows and making dandelion chains. The French Norman word for tooth of the…
Read MorePersonal Myths: Update the Stories that Drive Your Life ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
“Who’s going to marry a woman with three children?!” This was my mom’s incessant angst-driven rant after our father was killed in a tragic farming accident and left her alone to raise us little ones, all under the age of 10. I could never comprehend her distress. She was a school teacher and had put…
Read MoreFinding Gratitude Even When it Seems Impossible ll By Dorothy Wallis
The sunlight bounces off the myriad shades of burnished auburn and gold as I rake leaves into plump piles. The azure sky is a deeper blue in autumn as the angle of the sun dips lower. The air has a bit of a chill. In Colorado the sun is quite intense and so the temperature…
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