On a personal note, I found out today that I have been accepted to Fuller Theological Seminary for this Fall; I will be starting my M.Div. degree. We were hoping that this would be the case, but this is the confirmation. I’m very excited! Thank you, Jesus!
Archive for June, 2008
25 Jun
“…in suspense and incomplete”
These words from a prayer by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin have always spoken deeply to my sense of restlessness. Many have very eloquently written and spoken of this inner restlessness, but none have quite captured it in the hues and tones that resonate so perfectly with my silent self. The idea of being in suspense, [...]
24 Jun
The Precious
One of the most striking images from J.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is the concept of Gollum’s attachment to the ring. He names it his “Precious,” and is fixated on either worshipping it when it is with him or obsessively chasing it when it is not. This is an interesting reflection on human [...]
23 Jun
Faith Like a Cat
Anyone who knows me knows I have a deep love for animals. While this has, to an extent, fueled my own decision to be a vegetarian, I’m not one of those blood-tossing PETA types; rather, I find that my sense of spirituality and relationship to God is enhanced by my relationship with the living things [...]
20 Jun
The Kingdom of God…here, there, and everywhere
This past weekend, the Gospel centered around the notion of the “Kingdom of God” being “at hand.” As I listened to our priest during his homily, I reflected on the fact that I have never really been able to wrap my mind around what, exactly, I believed this to mean. I had a vague notion [...]
19 Jun
Musings on the Flute
I know that the purpose of my life is to be a flute for God. How great a gift, but how difficult to accept—the grace to simply be. A flute, an instrument, I must be content to be the tool through which the master musician brings forth the masterpiece. I am not the music, nor [...]
18 Jun
Whether or not the fear will consume
I have a secret that very few people in my life know. I am terrified of singing in front of people.
Why is that such a big deal, you might ask? Well, for one, I am a cantor at a weekly Saturday evening Mass. I have cantored for about six years now, and in that time [...]
16 Jun
Spring Cleaning
A quick post today to acknowledge once again how much the outer life and the inner life are interconnected. The past three months have been a fast-track to figuring out the path that God has laid out before me–at least, the path that I believe will fulfill my God-given potential in the best way. Interestingly [...]
13 Jun
Do what you can with where you’re at
I find that the body is constantly a metaphor for my spiritual life. I think this is one of the reasons that the body has become my theological passion; through my physical experience, I gain a deeper insight into my relationship with God, my role in the world, and my own sense of self-worth and [...]
13 Jun
The Sacred Call
So many people seek out their life’s work with the sense of what they want to accomplish, what they want to “be.” Different people have different reasons for the paths they take: some seek to be “known” by many people, others want to fill an emptiness or avoid something, and still others choose to do something simply [...]
Just a joyful Catholic girl trying to live as simply and consciously and gratefully as possible in this beautiful, amazing world...and bringing as many as possible along for the ride.