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Examen Step 3: Our Spiritual Connection is a Celebration not a Moral Scale
A note from 8 year-old Jen on meeting fear with Print Shop, rainbow hearts, and coffee cake.
The Examen Step 3: Noticing Our Soul’s Connection + Disconnection
A note from 8 year-old Jen on meeting fear with Print Shop, rainbow hearts, and coffee cake.
Examen Step 2: Reflecting on Our Day + Feelings
A note from 8 year-old Jen on meeting fear with Print Shop, rainbow hearts, and coffee cake.
Gratitude Grounds Us
Just a little more on gratitude before we move to Step 2 of the examen—like how we can feel adrift in life yet when we name what we hold most dear, we can feel some ground getting formed beneath us.
Gratitude: Step 1 of the examen
We’re looking at the examen practice one step at a time! The first step is gratitude which is where we get to name what we hold most dear. It’s also where we begin to see Love alive and reaching out uniquely to us.
Coming Home: Questions on Good Friday
In my faith tradition, it is Good Friday which always brings up many questions for me, namely: How does one return to the world and really love it and serve it after it has hurt you? What is that journey of healing and reconciliation like? *This post features both a short essay and an illustrated comic strip.
Welcome to the examen practice!
The examen is a practice of daily reflection where we listen to our whole life: our dreams, fears, worries, energy, hopes and listen more deeply still to learn where the Sacred is reaching out to us through all of this. The point? To know ourselves, the Divine and live in joyful accountability to our unique truth.
A Practice for When You Feel Small
Sometimes we feel small and diminished and we equate that to mean we’re insignificant. We’re not. A practice of looking at what is small in the world and finding wonder in it can help us look at ourselves in a new way too.