Yes, it has been ages, and I so much want to be more consistent and frequent with my reflections on this blog. Alas, I’m not sure that a period of such constancy is coming anytime soon. It’s not that I’m not reflecting and writing. The reflecting and writing has been more of an interior discipline . . . → Read More: Where to begin…
|
||||
|
What a ride it has been over the past several months! How can I begin to share the graces that have been bearing fruit in my life during a long hiatus from this blog? If you read my last post from back in August, you know I am preparing for a possible move into higher . . . → Read More: Deep listening
So I’m back from Denver and in the midst of a flurry of many interesting work and personal projects – if I had an administrative assistant and a housekeeper, life would be more manageable. One of the take-aways for me from the HERS Institute in Denver is a deep confirmation of my discernment . . . → Read More: Leading from within I’m enjoying some incredibly full and fruitful days with more than 70 dynamic and wonderful women leaders in higher education. Besides retreat, which I will have to get back to soon, this is another experience that is sure to yield many blog posts if I can just take the time to write them. Today, one . . . → Read More: My negotiation style…”soul-full” leadership? Until today, I have seen the word “ubuntu” only in the context of Linux distributions. What learned today from a talk by Meg Wheatley, is that it is also an ethical conept in Africa, ”I am what I am because of who we all are.” As a Sister of St. Joseph, my zeal for healing . . . → Read More: Ubuntu – not just another OS I’ve been listening to different renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and I must say that k.d. lang’s performance at the 2005 Juno Awards in Winnipeg is my favorite in terms of raw emotion. When she sang it at the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006, Cohen’s partner, singer Anjani Thomas, said: “… we looked . . . → Read More: Hallelujah – sometimes cold and broken
This goes out to all of my younger friends and colleagues who frequent my reflections here. I recently sent the following message to Nicole Sotelo, who is the Call to Action staff liaison to CTA’s 20/30 group (excerpt): I’m a CTA member, and I’m also a Sister of St. Joseph. (Baden, PA . . . → Read More: What are you seeking? A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my learning at a deeper level that my zeal for justice must come from love, not anger. So I got to practice applying that in a situation last week. (Lucky me…<wink>) I experienced the encounter as an abuse of power, denying a request relevant to . . . → Read More: Not just a theory anymore… Beautiful day in the D, and a keen sense that Spirit is indeed alive and kicking…more about that in a future post. Today, I would like to share a little more of the graces of retreat, as I believe that the deepest graces I receive are not just for me, but are meant for others. . . . → Read More: A widening embrace During my retreat, one of a number of things that came to mind as describing God’s invitation to me came from one of our original documents, written by our founder, Fr. Jean-Pierre Medaille, SJ and published in 1672. Here is a brief excerpt from the “Maxims of Perfection”: As for your zeal, it will always . . . → Read More: True zeal or “righteous” anger? |
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 nunsuch - All Rights Reserved |
||||
Recent Comments