This fall, my daughter and I engaged in a meditation experiment. This experiment was part of a class assignment that I could design for myself or include others in the design. My daughter agreed to participate and we began to design a 4 week meditation plan to see if meditation could help our sleep. I … Continue reading Meditation: A Mother-Daughter Experiment, Part 4

  I am in my second year at Claremont School of Theology as a Doctorate of Ministry candidate. The Doctorate of Ministry degree is a project based degree. The student enters the program with a burning question or a ministry challenge and designs a project to investigate, experiment with, and learn something about the challenge … Continue reading The Final Surrender

This fall, my daughter and I engaged in a meditation experiment. This experiment was part of a class assignment that I could design for myself or include others in the design. My daughter agreed to participate and we began to design a 4 week meditation plan to see if meditation could help our sleep. I … Continue reading Meditation: A Mother-Daughter Experiment, Part 3

This fall, my daughter and I engaged in a meditation experiment. This experiment was part of a class assignment that I could design for myself or include others in the design. My daughter agreed to participate and we began to design a 4 week meditation plan to see if meditation could help our sleep. I … Continue reading Meditation: A Mother-Daughter Experiment, Part 2

  This message is an expanded version of a message crafted for a yoga class I taught recently. (Coming soon!) At the bottom of this post, you can click on the video of the actual class to see how I designed the class around the theme “ask for what you need, let go of what … Continue reading Ask for what you need, Let go of what is no longer serving you

This fall, my daughter and I engaged in a meditation experiment. This experiment was part of a class assignment that I could design for myself or include others in the design. My daughter agreed to participate and we began to design a 4 week meditation plan to see if meditation could help our sleep. I … Continue reading Meditation: A Mother-Daughter Experiment

In the book, Contemplative Practices in Action, Doug Oman asks the questions, “Do I enjoy the spiritual support of an integral contemplative practice? If not, can I expand my practice in ways that are personally appropriate and consistent with my tradition and beliefs?” Oman looked at 10 different contemplative practices found in non-religious traditions and … Continue reading A complete contemplative practice, Pt. 4

In the book, Contemplative Practices in Action, Doug Oman asks the questions, “Do I enjoy the spiritual support of an integral contemplative practice?  If not, can I expand my practice in ways that are personally appropriate and consistent with my tradition and beliefs?”   Oman looked at 10 different contemplative practices found in non-religious traditions … Continue reading A Complete Contemplative Practice, Pt. 3

In the book, Contemplative Practices in Action, Doug Oman asks the questions, “Do I enjoy the spiritual support of an integral contemplative practice?  If not, can I expand my practice in ways that are personally appropriate and consistent with my tradition and beliefs?” Oman looked at 10 different contemplative practices found in non-religious traditions and … Continue reading A Complete Contemplative Practice, Pt 2

In the book, Contemplative Practices in Action, Doug Oman asks the questions, “Do I enjoy the spiritual support of an integral contemplative practice?  If not, can I expand my practice in ways that are personally appropriate and consistent with my tradition and beliefs?” Oman looked at 10 different contemplative practices found in non-religious traditions and … Continue reading A Complete Contemplative Practice