The following piece is also featured as a Beliefnet gallery, which you can get to by clicking here. One of my favorite scripture verses is John 20:15, when Jesus finds Mary Magdalene crying at the door of the tomb and says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” In that moment, Jesus isn’t asking a…

I thought it was appropriate to share this beautiful reflection of Joyce Rupp’s, inspired by the theologian Karl Rahner, on Good Friday. I found it in a beautiful book of reflections by Joyce Rupp called “Fragments of Your Ancient Name” by Joyce Rupp. God of My Bitter Hours by Joyce Rupp (Inspired by Karl Rahner)…

Twelve years ago I sat next to an Indian man at the wedding reception of Eric’s best friend. He claimed that he was trained in the art of palm reading and asked if he could read my palm. “Ahh. Very interesting,” he said. He furrowed his brows as he read my life line (the wide…

Six years ago, when I was climbing out of my severe depression, I read Julia Cameron’s bestselling book, “The Artist’s Way.” It helped me move from a place of insecurity to one of courageous creativity — laying out my innermost thoughts unto a new blog I started writing called “Beyond Blue.” So when I received…

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