REFLECTIONS
A Note on the Journey
My work over the past seasons has been deeply shaped by the writings of Bernadette Roberts. Her articulation of the interior journey gave language to experiences I trusted but could not yet name. For that, I remain profoundly grateful.
What is unfolding now is a pivot from that year with her. The blog will still be reflective in nature, but focused on different material. Something lived more explicitly in the body, in relationships, and in the ordinary moments where patterns reveal themselves and something new becomes possible.
I find myself at a threshold. There is energy here, curiosity, creativity, a sense of alignment, and also a necessary unknowing. Rather than certainty, what feels most faithful is attention.
In this season, my writing and work are pivoting toward presence as a lived reality, often through the lens of the Enneagram, not as a system to master, but as a doorway into embodiment, awareness, and honest engagement with life as it is.
This space will continue to reflect on the inner journey, but with a growing emphasis on how that journey shows up in real time: in the body, in conflict, in growth, and in the courage it takes to stay present when old strategies no longer serve.
If you are sensing a threshold of your own, you are welcome here.
Threshold Moments: Before, During, and After
There are moments life when something quietly shifts. Nothing dramatic announces itself and no clear map is received, yet, something in us knows we are standing at a threshold.
I have sensed such an inner threshold emerging for some time now, not as rupture, but as invitation. An invitation to step forward without certainty of what lies on the other side. To walk through with curiosity, humility, and a willingness to be surprised. I do not yet know what the “after” will hold, but I recognize the feeling of being on the Way, and that feels faithful enough for now.
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In recent weeks we’ve been reflecting on a Presence that accesses us from within. What kind of God draws near, knowing this nearness can be distorted, misunderstood, or misused, and still chooses to do so?
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What if what is most real in us does not announce itself? What if learning to notice this “real” is less about effort and more about fidelity? How do we stay close to that which does not hurry, despite the busyness of the season?
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Advent and the winter solstice invite us into a quieter way of knowing. A slowing. A listening beneath words and images.
In this week’s reflection, I return to Bernadette Roberts and her insight that God does not arrive as an image or idea, but as that which accesses the core of our being. What meets us there is often subtle, wordless, and deeply embodied—known before it is understood.
This is not a spirituality we generate. It is something that approaches us. And our work may be as simple, and as difficult, as paying attention.
I explore how this kind of knowing intersects with contemplative practice, the Enneagram, and the courage to remain present in the dark season, trusting that something real is already at work.
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When the Presence that lives within us feels more like a black hole than a light, how do we trust it? This week I explore both Roberts and Metz on the terrifying grace of the unknown, and the quiet beckoning that can reshape a life from the inside out.
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This week’s reflection explores the facets of the holy, the art of naming our experience with clarity, and the gentle invitations that arise when we’re finally moving slowly enough to feel them.
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A contemplative reflection on Roberts’ teaching that God is the very source of existence. Explores how this Mystery exists us, how personality patterns obscure it, and how to return to a lived awareness of divine presence.
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In her writings on Omnipresence, Roberts invites us beyond “God within” toward the deeper mystery that all things exist in God. What if there is only one thing happening, one divine life expressing itself through everything, including us? In this reflection, I explore Roberts’ luminous insight alongside Mary Oliver’s reminder that prayer begins in the ordinary, where every breath, stone, and silence becomes a doorway into the divine.
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Yes, for today it is enough to just be with what is arising in my experience, whether that be grief, sadness, joy or delight. The journey is to be awake to it all and what a delight that we are granted such a gift. Today I am grateful for the opportunity to experience life fully. I do believe that is what Jesus meant by an abundant life.
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The impact and invitation this has for me is to continue, like the Stoics, to practice releasing those passions, distractions, and thought patterns that cloud the center. Those mechanical, and dare I say even maniacal, ways of being that grab all my attention away from the center. These attention grabbers need to be seen through and dealt with. Some of these attention grabbers are easy to let go of while others are very difficult, so ingrained our habitual patterns are. For these tougher cases therapy, spiritual direction, or some help, care and compassion of another is needed in order for us to face and breathe through the release.