Tag: Spiritual Practices

• words that come from silence

  words that come from silenceby Lindsay L. O’ConnorI want words that come from silence,like when the world began.Words born in noise have their place, to be sure,but there is so much noisefrom reacting without much thought,without checking in firstwith the body, heart, and mind,to see how the message might be refinedin the furnace of our […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  January 23, 2023

  Poetry

  Anxiety, Body, Contemplative Life, Healing, Mindfulness, Poetry, Self Parenting, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Practices

• Holy Drudgery

  “Anything can become a spiritual practice once you are willing to approach it that way—once you let it bring you to your knees and show you what is real…” -Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World When I’m anxious, I make my way to the laundry area before I even realize it. I watch […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  September 1, 2021

  Christianity, Contemplative Life, Contemplative Practices, Holy Ground, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Practices

  Contemplative Life, Contemplative Practices, Holy Ground, Mindfulness, Shame Resilience, Spiritual Practices

• communal grief & communal joy

   **Please note: This IS a political post, because politics affect people. This post is for my friends in the margins and the privileged folks who are standing with them. To anyone else, I’m open to civil discussions offline.** When I began listening to people in the margins, one of the most important refrains I heard […]

  Lindsay O’Connor

  November 8, 2020

  Antiracism, Beloved Community, Church, Community, Contemplative Practices, Grief, Healing, Justice, Lament, Suffering

  Antiracism, Beloved Community, Church, Community, Grief, Healing, Joy, Justice, Lament, Spiritual Practices