A Deep Surrender Into Love
In this episode, you can learn about...
What term to use... Spiritual direction or spiritual companion? Something else?
Lorie’s upbringing and her first spiritual inklings
How Lorie lost her daughter and what helped her grieve and get through to the other side
Lorie’s dark night of the soul
What drew Lorie to contemplation?
How God meets us in different ways and the common threads
How meeting Paul Young the author of The Shack helped Lorie through her grief and the loss of her daughter
Lorie also gives credit to God, her therapist and a loving caring community
How Lorie went into a dark night of the soul. How everything she knew of God seem to fade away
Find Paul Young sharing this story. It’s on Lori’s website too. Use further on ad well.
How do you trust that God is always good?
A deep surrender into love in the midst of tragedy
Lorie’s sanity trail. Four S’s - I now live life simply, slowly, safely and small.
The practice of Centring Prayer, Welcoming Prayer and Breath Prayer. These prayer practises are an invitation to meet with divine love
Meditation from Lorie’s “Invited” book. http://loriemartin.com/her-books
How to get in touch with Lorie and find out more about the books she’s written and the courses and classes that she is offering
To learn more about Lorie's story see http://loriemartin.com
The meditation I created is called Experiencing Oneness in a Divided World. In it, we explore a deep and comforting truth: that everything is connected.
As I venture out this morning, I'm thinking about the Mary Oliver poem, wild Geese, where she says, “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
I just want to bow 🙇♂️ in gratitude (also laugh because there’s a 🙇 bowing emoji)
For a period in my life I used to go to a particular place in a park not far from my house to meditate and pray. It was the beginning of a practice that I continue to practice to this very day, although this post is about a time when I took a break.
Our guest today is author Eric Janzen. Eric is probably best known for his high fantasy fiction books. He's written a trilogy called The Dreamtrekker Journals Trilogy, and more recently released a new series entitled The Essence Tales. In Eric's bio, he says he will continue writing until he can't anymore.
Our daughter Jess gifted me with a poem today. She says... Wrapping up my last few days on the coast for now… it’s been so amazing to get so much “normal” time with my family, and one of my favorite things is morning walks with dad. His practice of noticing and of being quiet enough in spirit to notice the minute details is always a gift.
Our new little bundle of joy - August (Gus) Matthew Toews - has reminded us all how powerful and incredible love is.
I am contemplating emptiness this morning which I know sends cautionary shivers down the spines of some Christians. I was warned about this by a "well-meaning" Christian on the weekend when I used the word emptiness at a retreat I was co-leading.
snowy days (meditation) Hints of Gladness
Are sounds like this (birdsong, babbling brooks) meant to touch our souls? I think they are.