Monthly Archives: October 2019

Waiting for Change

Posted on October 25, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

While Waiting for Change by Cecilia Thomas While waiting for change, I’m praying and fasting. While waiting for change, Enduring and long-suffering. While waiting for change, I’m loving and caring. While waiting for change, I’m patient, but hurting. While waiting … Continue reading →

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Now I Become Myself

Posted on October 18, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

What does it mean to be yourself – your authentic self – to become who you are?  I suspect only poets attempt an answer.  May Sarton attempts such an answer with a poem about “the journey toward becoming fierce with … Continue reading →

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Yutori ~ Spaciousness

Posted on October 11, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

ゆとり~ Yutori The Japanese have a concept called ‘yutori’ – an idea that connotes a sense of spaciousness, elbowroom, leeway, reserve, margin, allowance, latitude… time. From a conversation with her Japanese student, poet Naomi Shihab Nye explains, It’s a kind of living … Continue reading →

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River of Life Exercise

Posted on October 4, 2019 by R.H. (Rusty) Foerger

I have envisioned the spiritual journey as a unique and living curriculum through which God reveals Himself, His ways, His purposes, and His understanding of who we are. Thus a practice like “Practicum of a Soul Friend” is meant to … Continue reading →

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