At Home

Distillery Distract 6, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The spiritual life is 

about becoming more at home in your own skin. 

Parker J. Palmer

Spirituality 101

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Spirituality 101: Pay attention! You may discover that what you wanted is right in front of you, a secret hidden in plain sight.

Parker J. Palmer, The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life

Blessings abound

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I deal better with curses when I remind myself that blessings abound, just as I deal better with my shadows when I remember that forgiveness is real.

Parker J. Palmer, The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life

Leadership

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With every act of leadership, large and small, we help co-create the reality in which we live, from the microcosm of personal relationships to the macrocosm of war and peace.

Parker J. Palmer, introduction to Leading from within, edited by Sam M. Intrator & Megan Scribner