reflections blog
Welcome to our Reflections blog where spiritual directors, members of the Journey Center community and others from around the world share their thoughts and hearts with us.
grief: Missing a large part
A storm left her missing a large part of herself. Truth be told, I thought it might take her out entirely. But rather miraculously she ...
Holy indifference
Pause of summer ends. A deep crisp breath creates room. Life shimmers. Notice. In Michigan, we find ourselves in the midst of all of autumn’s ...
Arc of Justice: Listening with love
It takes courage to share your story – to stand in front of a group of strangers and, holding your own guts in your hands, ...
Pointing
October now. Its’ wool sweaters, shorter days, darker nights and dropping temperatures direct me toward quiet and reflection; toward the winter that is coming both ...
Voices
Shame. The feeling that we are somehow less than others. That no matter how hard we try, we will never be enough. That we don’t ...
Contemplative listening in the sacred work of conciliation
“What does it matter if we have a new book or an old book, if we open neither?” – Jesse Louis Jackson, Civil rights ...
re-humanizing the “other”
There I sat in a church leadership meeting, surrounded by a group of smiling faces. In reality, I found myself in the midst of a ...