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Focuses on the spiritual journey and discovering the divine in the everyday. Authored by Mary DeTurris Poust, a writer, retreat leader, yoga teacher, seeker, and Creator of Not Strictly Spiritual.
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2w ago
The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! —Numbers 6:22-27 At first glance, […]
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2w ago
As we cross the threshold of a new year, can we embrace what’s ahead — with all its messiness and challenge — and offer ourselves and our world compassion and […]
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2w ago
We stand on the cusp of a new year, another threshold, which, oddly enough, tends to get us thinking not about where we are standing at that moment but about […]
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3w ago
My reflection from today’s Gospel (Luke 1:39-45) in Give Us This Day: As I prepare for an upcoming trip, I’m torn between catching a flight or hopping in the car […]
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1M ago
If you missed the online Advent mini-retreat I offered in collaboration with Give Us This Day, you can watch the replay here. I share tips that are helpful not only […]
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1M ago
We’re only a few days into Advent, and most of us have been bombarded by so much Christmas music and Christmas advertising and Christmas everything that we’re already sick of […]
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1M ago
When I was approaching my 60th birthday a couple of years ago, I decided to have two words from my favorite psalm tattooed on my left arm. “Be still,” it […]
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3M ago
It was a beautiful October morning, and I was seated in a jam-packed St. Peter’s Square waiting for Pope Francis to begin Mass on the Feast of the Guardian Angels. […]
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4M ago
Fear seems to be ever-present in our world these days, but we don’t have to live there. When we move forward in the face of fear, we discover unexpected gifts […]
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4M ago
When I initially developed the Stillpoint Retreat, which I have led at Pyramid Life Center for six years and counting, my hope was to give people a space where they […]
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