On grief, owls, & pilgrim's pockets

Talismans and spirit animals have a way of hopping into my pockets like baby joeys burrowing into their mothers’ pouches. A petrified sandshell from the Sinai Desert, the hazel wood wand from Glendolough Ireland, seaglass and silver beaded bracelets via Spain. This morning they all surround me until finally I jump into their pockets and go along for the ride. They beckon me to be brave and ask the questions that I’ve never asked and to welcome the ones I push away.

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Author Christine V. Paintner on "The Soul of a Pilgrim"

Today it is my delight and privilege to share with you a recent interview with friend and colleague, Christine Valters Paintner, online Abbess at Abbey of the Arts. In this 20-minute video interview, we touch upon the interplay of pilgrimage in marriage, reflecting backward while moving forward, where does an abbess live, listening to the hard places (i.e. welcoming discomfort), journeying at home, and more.

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Translating Travel into 'Home' Language

Six weeks is a long time to be away from home. People keep asking me if I’m adjusted to being back. Truth is: I really don’t care to “adjust.” If you or I invest time and energy into soulful travel, what is the point of returning home unchanged? Is it even possible?

Today at SoulStrolling, I share 20 things I want to carry home with me in this everyday journey. Click here for full article. 

"What does she do in Paris?"

Today I arrive in the City of Lights. Oo la la. I thought you might enjoy these highlights of what it just might look like to come along!

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Inviting ecstasy to roll…

“…learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” Franz Kafka

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