Healthy Spirituality https://healthyspirituality.org/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:25:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Detour https://healthyspirituality.org/detour/ https://healthyspirituality.org/detour/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8976 “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” This famous line comes from a poem written by Robert Burns. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” — Dolly Parton who we sadly lost recently. Proverbs 16:9 reminds us, “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/detour/feed/ 0 Preparing for Retreat https://healthyspirituality.org/preparing-for-retreat/ https://healthyspirituality.org/preparing-for-retreat/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8967 “My bags are packed. I’m ready to go.” Good song lyrics, but no I am not leaving on a jet plane. But I am getting ready for my annual silent retreat. A little later this year but still a valued and precious spiritual practice of mine. I have been going on a yearly silent retreat […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/preparing-for-retreat/feed/ 0 The Way of Friendship https://healthyspirituality.org/the-way-of-friendship/ https://healthyspirituality.org/the-way-of-friendship/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8964 Friends light my way. Way is my word of the year and I have been pondering how to best live this word, how to learn from this word in all its various meanings, and what helps me find its deeper kernels of wisdom. The news has been carrying articles about how lonely we are as […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/the-way-of-friendship/feed/ 2 Four Somethings – 2026 Summer https://healthyspirituality.org/four-somethings-2026-summer/ https://healthyspirituality.org/four-somethings-2026-summer/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8956 Periodically I pause and reflect on what is life-giving for my soul right now. Where am I experiencing God? Where is God nudging me forward? I call these bits of wisdom: Four Somethings and sort them into four categories: Gathering Four Somethings make me aware of all the blessings often hidden under busyness, worries, and […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/four-somethings-2026-summer/feed/ 0 The Milky Way https://healthyspirituality.org/the-milky-way/ https://healthyspirituality.org/the-milky-way/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:38:08 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8952 Since “way” is my word of the year I look for all the “ways” this word pops up in my life. I watch for quotes, lyrics, and phrases. One phrase I read the other day jumped out to me: The Milky Way and this use of my word invited me to explore.  Learning more about […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/the-milky-way/feed/ 0 World Listening Day https://healthyspirituality.org/world-listening-day/ https://healthyspirituality.org/world-listening-day/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8947 Well, I must have not been listening. I missed World Listening Day which was celebrated July 18. But I know I can still practice this much needed skill and try to listen deeper and more comprehensively to others, to God, and to my own voice. Maybe you may be up to this challenge too. World […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/world-listening-day/feed/ 2 Using Borrowed Prayers https://healthyspirituality.org/using-borrowed-prayers/ https://healthyspirituality.org/using-borrowed-prayers/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8941 Borrowed prayers are praying the words shared/written by another person. Sometimes we just don’t know what to say.  Other times reading a prayer from another person’s spirit resonates so much with our own spirit it becomes our prayer also. I shared some of my favorite prayers on this post last year. I believe just the […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/using-borrowed-prayers/feed/ 2 This n That https://healthyspirituality.org/this-n-that/ https://healthyspirituality.org/this-n-that/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8938 As I read the internet, peruse my emails, and get lost down endless trivial rabbit trails of fascinating information, I collect and save some interesting stuff. Today I thought I would share with you some this n that potpourri of maybe useful but probably not material that has caught my attention lately. How do you […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/this-n-that/feed/ 4 National Simplicity Day https://healthyspirituality.org/national-simplicity-day/ https://healthyspirituality.org/national-simplicity-day/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8933 National Simplicity Day? Never heard of it. Have you? National Simplicity Day on July 12 honors transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a man who advocated a life of simplicity. Thoreau was a supporter of living the simple life and encouraging others to do the same. Thoreau believed a life of simplicity could lead to greater happiness […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/national-simplicity-day/feed/ 4 Which Way to Go? https://healthyspirituality.org/which-way-to-go/ https://healthyspirituality.org/which-way-to-go/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8927 A grief burst is an sudden huge burst of emotion that you can’t escape. Bursting upon your heart unexpectantly you are grabbed and slammed into a dark pit. You become overwhelmed by grief emotions you may have not even known you held inside your soul. I learned this in my recent classes about grief but […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/which-way-to-go/feed/ 10 Divine Flow https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/ https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8922 What comes to your mind when you read the phrase “Divine Flow”? To me, flow implies a continuous, open movement, back and forth between two entities. If you are “in the zone” you are immersed and experience energy and delight. Things that flow merged and become one. Divine of course means of God or with […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/feed/ 1 Project Hail Mary https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/ https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8904 My new favorite book/movie: Project Hail Mary. I am obsessed with this charming and inspiring story right now. I have read the book twice. Watched the movie only once so far but have been binging on movie clips of various scenes on YouTube. I am not much of a movie theater attender or a fiction […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/feed/ 2 Signposts Along the Way https://healthyspirituality.org/signposts-along-the-way/ https://healthyspirituality.org/signposts-along-the-way/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8896 Way is my word of the year. I love this practice as it wakes up your mind and heart to notice, to listen, to seek new understanding of a word that resonates where you are on your journey. You begin to pay attention to where “way” appears in various forms and often within people and […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/signposts-along-the-way/feed/ 2 Overriding Overwhelm https://healthyspirituality.org/overriding-overwhelm/ https://healthyspirituality.org/overriding-overwhelm/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8890 Ever get overwhelmed? I bet I am not the only one to experience this suffocating feeling where even the smallest tasks loom so large your body abruptly stops in paralysis. I know when I am faced with too much on my to-do list, my breath becomes shallow, I feel out of control and ready to […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/overriding-overwhelm/feed/ 4 Wayfinding https://healthyspirituality.org/wayfinding/ https://healthyspirituality.org/wayfinding/#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8883 I have lost my way in exploring WAY. What I mean is this: WAY is my word of the year, yet I have been neglecting it. Not noticing it lurking around me. Ignoring its rich meanings and life lessons for this point in my journey. The word of the year practice for me has in […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/wayfinding/feed/ 10 Lessons from Icon Painting https://healthyspirituality.org/lessons-from-icon-painting/ https://healthyspirituality.org/lessons-from-icon-painting/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8875 True story about me: I flunked scissors in kindergarten. Yep, that is me. “Jean Anne needs more work with scissors and fine motor skills to pass this year.”  I did pass but I never forgot – I couldn’t cut. Fine motor talent wasn’t in my DNA. Not ability in finger agility. This is the narrative, […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/lessons-from-icon-painting/feed/ 6 Art, Healing, and Friendship https://healthyspirituality.org/art-healing-and-friendship/ https://healthyspirituality.org/art-healing-and-friendship/#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8866 One my biggest pleasures writing online is the friendships God has given me over the years. Several of you I have met in person and most of you the online community is where we connect. Across the country and even the world (Hello South Africa!) we have bonded through sharing, conversations, and listening to another’s […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/art-healing-and-friendship/feed/ 4 The Spiritual Gift of Imagination https://healthyspirituality.org/the-spiritual-gift-of-imagination/ https://healthyspirituality.org/the-spiritual-gift-of-imagination/#comments Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8863 I played in a spaceship when I was seven years old. I spent hours exploring new worlds found in my imagination while never really leaving my backyard. My spaceship? A stocky tree with great climbing branches planted next on the southeast corner of our house. Different limbs warped into sections of my spacecraft: the galley, […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/the-spiritual-gift-of-imagination/feed/ 4 What is Saving My Life Right Now? – Spring 2026 https://healthyspirituality.org/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now-spring-2026/ https://healthyspirituality.org/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now-spring-2026/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8858 What’s saving my life right now?  Ever ask yourself this thought-provoking question? I find sitting with this question to be life-giving, uplifting, refreshing and provides a moment of rest for my spirit. One of my mentors, Emily Freeman, asks this question frequently too. She discovered this question in a book by Barbara Brown Taylor (another […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now-spring-2026/feed/ 2 World Book Day https://healthyspirituality.org/world-book-day/ https://healthyspirituality.org/world-book-day/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8855 Did you know April 23 is World Book Day? The national celebration of reading and of books is run by The Reading Agency, a national charity that inspires people to become confident and enthusiastic readers. April 23, 1564, is the day English poet, playwright William Shakespeare was born. Fifty-three short years later, also on April […]

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