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7 Indigenous Reads Helping Me Decolonize My Faith
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, I’m sharing 7 Indigenous reads helping me decolonize my faith (and my bookshelf). These authors have helped me expand my worldview and invited me into a richer experience of faith. Part of the decolonization process is integrating wisdom from the mind with that of the heart and body. To…
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an awkward but true observation
An awkward but true observation… I became the kind of person I was taught to judge, and my relationships with God, others, creation, and my self are better for it.
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Sunny & Disco: A Love Story in 4 Parts
Unexpected conduits of grace: Sunny & Disco: a love story in four parts In what may seem like a departure from my typical writing about spirituality and soul work, I’m delighted to introduce you to Sunny and Disco, who I met earlier this summer.
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books to celebrate Pride Month
Happy Pride Month! Of course, we read LGBTQ+ authors and stories all year long, but we celebrate extra in June. These are some of the books I’ve enjoyed by LGBTQ+ authors and/or with LGBTQ+ representation. For reviews, check out my profile on Goodreads or StoryGraph. Affiliate disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links (via Amazon Affiliates). This means that…
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when you begin to feel again
when you begin to feel again when you begin to feel againWhen life is overwhelming,our wise bodies sometimes takean overdue breakand our obedient hearts and mindsfollow suit.Maybe it feels like fatigueor illnessor depressionor apathy.Everythingjustshutsdown.It all felt like too much,and it was.You were never meantto carry so much alone.And then, some time,there’s a little crack.Maybe it…
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feast: blessed are those who hunger
on longing & liminal space: a reflection, a poem, & a blessing “What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?” —“Harlem” by…
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unfiltered: dropping the inner commentary
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. …Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you…
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the invitation of our overwhelm: empathetic witnessing
a reflection, a poem, and a practice “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” ―Peter A. Levine Content warning: depression, pregnancy loss, anxiety, grief For much of my life, my sensitivity has felt like moving through an ultra-bright, sunlit world without sunglasses. When…
Lindsay L. O'Connor
Spiritual Director | Enneagram Professional