In Sweet Company

jgordon1 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:49:59 +0000

Writing to an invisible audience, sweeping your heart out into a boundless Universe not knowing who is listening to it beat or whether the thump will be embraced or cast aside, is a courageous act. Fortunately for me, at some point during the writing of my last book, In Sweet Company: Conversations With Extraordinary Women About Living A Spiritual Life (Jossey Bass), I became aware of an invisible listening presence around me, a group of like-minded souls who urged me onward and...

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jgordon1 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:07:03 +0000

Thank you for visiting In Sweet Company. This blog is no longer being updated. Please enjoy the archives. Here are some other blogs you may also enjoy: Red Letters with Tom Davis Recent prayer post on Prayables Most Recent Inspiration blog post Happy Reading! ...

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Hardwired for Compassion

Margaret Wolff — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:50:47 +0000

... we grow in our understanding of God as we come to understand our own stories more fully. -- Rabbi Laura Geller, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE Recently a small group of kindred spirits gathered together at our house to celebrate the successful conclusion of a project we had worked on for many long hours. Candles muted the dining room in soft light. The food was beyond beyond. We told stories. We laughed a lot. It was a...

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Daddy’s Girl

Margaret Wolff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:35:03 +0000

“... for me, spiritual practice is making the bed, defrosting dinner, and so on. It’s not magical or removed; it’s about how I discover and reveal myself as I do things that are ordinary.” -- Miriam Polster, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING THE SPIRITUAL LIFE One Saturday afternoon when I was eight, when the last sun of Autumn bleached the sidewalks of Detroit a pale gray, I drove with my Dad, a mechanical and electrical engineer, to the...

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Courting the Divine Mother

Margaret Wolff — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:32 +0000

“Getting in touch with [this feminine, receptive side of our nature] can be a life-transforming experience because what we’re really talking about when we talk about receptivity is how we can be open to growing and evolving into more enlightened human beings.” -- Lauren Artress, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE There is an old mission-style church in La Jolla, CA, I used to visit called Mary Star of...

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Books Are Our Friends

Margaret Wolff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:05 +0000

“God is not someone who allows things to happen or not happen. The real question I need to ask [ is ] how can God help me find the strength to deal with what happens? By reframing the question, I opened myself up to other possibilities.” -- Rabbi Laura Geller, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE It’s been thirty-six years since I first labored over the pronunciation of the names of the Indian saints and sages featured...

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Wisdom Keeper

Margaret Wolff — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:50:57 +0000

“... for me, spiritual practice is making the bed, defrosting dinner, and so on. It’s not magical or removed; it’s about how I discover and reveal myself as I do things that are ordinary.” -- Miriam Polster, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE It’s been several years since I interviewed Grandmother Twyla Hurd Nitsch for my last book, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE, yet...

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Sisters

Margaret Wolff — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:20:03 +0000

I've come to a place in my life where God doesn't look like any on thing, but is, simply, everything. There is a text from the Psalms that says, "I have placed God before me all the time." To me this means that my task as a religious person is to notice God in every facet and moment of my life. Rabbi Laura Geller, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE For almost three years, now, it’s been my joy and privilege to have a young girl...

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Women Helping Women

Margaret Wolff — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:31:23 +0000

“When people self-organize around their authentic human needs, when they move beyond denial and break out of what I call the ‘social trance,’ when they stop accepting domination and trauma as part of the status quo, partnership values flourish.” -- Riane Eisler, IN SWEET COMPANY: CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE This Sunday, February 26th, on the eve of the opening of the 56th Session of the UN-Commission on the Status of...

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Beyond Hearts and Flowers

Margaret Wolff — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:07:11 +0000

“To me, God is love. I’m not speaking of a physical or personal love, but of the universal love that created all of us and everything in this universe, the unconditional love, the infinite power that transcends everything in this finite world. When you know that love through personal experience, it’s something that’s with you constantly… It’s not just a thought or mental process. It’s an experience, a joy that wells up in your heart. I could not live without that inner...

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