Spiritual direction is a ministry of listening. A spiritual director asks the directee, "How is the Spirit moving in you today?" and listens for the response.
I was feeling off in a way that I could not quite pin down. As an Enneagram NINE, this is not too unusual for me. For once, I tried to do something about it.
A labyrinth is a path contained within a constrained boundary, generally filling the whole space and winding back and forth without crossing itself. It can be as simple as an inward spiral or as complex as the designs...
Unlike a maze, a labyrinth is not a puzzle to solve; it is a path to walk. There are no dead ends; you may not know where you are, but you are never lost.
In this season of sorrows, I offer a daily photo as an object of rest and refreshment. I hope these photos will give you an open space in your day, if only for a moment, to catch your...
What child is this, who, laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping?
Advent is the season of waiting. We wait for a child. The vulnerable among us also wait.
Several years ago, during the season of Advent, my wife and I visited our neighbours for dinner. We had a great time over food and conversation, catching up with one another after quite a while of very...
The season of Advent invites us to prepare our hearts to receive the Divine. From the point of view of the Enneagram, God comes to us in this season in the spaces of the heart.
Several dozen of us, bundled up against the cold on the longest night of 2002, moved clockwise from our places to the next point on the compass. We were distributed around a large circle in...
Enneagram TRANSFORMATION takes a lifetime. The more you're working with transformation, the less you're focusing on the Enneagram. The greater focus is on cultivating RECEPTIVE spiritual presence.
A book published a few years ago by my teachers and mentors, Carol Ann Gotch and David Walsh, invites the reader to venture beyond the limits of the Enneagram of Personality. Heart and Soul of the Enneagram...
We are "clothed in an earthly garment, in a mortal frame — bound by the natural laws of the universe and by a world of dualities." We wear a cloak woven from the strands of our centres of...
The Head wants to Know. On the Enneagram, the Head Centre or Thinking Centre is expressed in spaces FIVE, SIX, and SEVEN. These spaces can be defined by the following questions:
A while back I attended a day retreat and had a significant spiritual experience. So, of course, when I went home, I immediately incorporated this Grace into my life. Or not.
