How does Joseph heal?
With a wave of Buddhism washing over me and reminding me of how important the dharma is to my well-being, with a new and renewed commitment to claim Jesus as my root guru and lifelong spiritual companion – now more…
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With a wave of Buddhism washing over me and reminding me of how important the dharma is to my well-being, with a new and renewed commitment to claim Jesus as my root guru and lifelong spiritual companion – now more…
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One day during our recent trip to Japan we escaped the heat and bustle of Kyoto for the tranquil town of Ohara, about a 45-minute bus ride into the mountains to the north. Among the rice paddies and frogs and…
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I’m posting some photos from the Orchard Oculus installation at Carkeek Park last week end. It was a very sweet day: the morning overcast turned to beautiful sunshine by the end of the day, and we had a steady stream of friends,…
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Tomorrow is Orchard Oculus day at Carkeek Park. I have completed the twenty-five paintings with their accompanying mobile elements, packed them up, even baked some apple muffins (thank you Strudel Grandmother!). We head out at 8am to start the process of hanging them from…
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Connecting with ancestors is an important part of shamanic work for me. For as far back as I can tell, my biological ancestors consist mainly of English and Swedish Protestants. But in my journey work, going back farther in time,…
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I found out this weekend that I will be displaying my artwork Orchard Oculus as a semi-official part of the Heaven and Earth art exhibit at Piper Orchard in Carkeek Park on July 23. The opening of the event is…
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As the next Soul Cartography class approaches (it starts three weeks from this coming Tuesday, on July 12) I have been thinking about the maps of our lives as they relate to maps of physical geography. On our recent trip…
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After quite a bit of breathing out since the first of the year, I am taking some time for the next few weeks to breathe in a little. For the next month or so I will be writing but not posting….
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We leave for Japan in about a week, and amid the general hubbub of trip preparation are making some more detailed plans. Most of the time we will be in Kyoto, but last night we made plans to spend a…
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I think I can pinpoint the moment at which I realized that I needed to go to Japan, and soon. Victoria and I were attending a Japanese cultural event, Senses from Japan, in Seattle last October. She wanted to go…
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