Archive for June, 2010

Dreams go bad when we attempt to unpack and move in. They are motivators, inspirations and sources of great joy. They can also become our prisons and blocks to our achieving a sense of satisfaction and contentment when we permit ourselves to get stuck in them. [Continue]

From its very conception, the Spirit in Crisis Journal has been a labor of love for those of us involved with it. As your editor, I've done my best to remain conscious of our initial inspiration: to make it a vehicle where women and men could offer and likewise find spiritual expressions that touched on some of the critical turning-points in life. [Continue]

Butch Hovis invites the reader to ponder both the writings of Saint John of the Cross, Saint Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, the sketch of Saint John of the Cross, and Dali’s version of that sketch as a way of deepening one’s experience of love. [Continue]

Midlife exposes the reality that, in most cases, our fears are misplaced: we fear the setbacks that may arise from outside of ourselves without recognizing or acknowledging the obstacles from within that are holding us back. The devil that we face is far more insidious than any artist's rendering could possibly suggest: we carry it around with us [Continue]

Many of us are at a crossroad in our lives. Theresa expressed it best, “I’m at a crossroads to go back to the work I was doing or go in faith to start a new life and know that all will be provided. I feel if I go back to the old job, I will be swallowed up. My soul says to move on. How can I find the faith in this moment to walk away and know [Continue]

A knowledgeable author at the June 8th edition of BoomerLiving.com, recently outlined five major systems affected by movement. This includes the immune, neuro-muscular, musculo-skeletal, cardio-vascular and digestive systems. [Continue]

Butch Hovis examines a minor work of Saint John of the Cross, “Counsels to a Religious on How to Reach Perfection.” In so doing, he invites us to look outside our own spiritual box to profit from both the experience of St. John as well as many, many persons through the centuries who have found strength in what has often been called the [Continue]

Today I celebrate my (ongoing) recovery . . . not from a physical disability, but from a dysfunctional belief system that threatened my very existence. I live in a daily reprieve from succumbing to the belief that I am a victim of circumstance. Today, regardless of the challenge, I live in the knowledge that with every breath that I draw comes a [Continue]

What is your heart crying for? What is your soul’s deepest desire? To find greater love in your life, begin by looking at your current situation. Are you alone after a divorce or death of your mate? Are you in a relationship with no love? Have you moved to a new city and have no friends? Are you housebound from an illness or injury? Are you a [Continue]

Butch Hovis invites the reader to ponder both the writings of Saint John of the Cross, Saint Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, the sketch of Saint John of the Cross, and Dali’s version of that sketch as a way of deepening one’s experience of love.] [Continue]