Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

COMMUNITY: Sage Sisters

“The key…is community, which is so necessary for physical, emotional, and spiritual health throughout life and especially as we age. Ron Pevny, author of Conscious Living, Conscious Aging For my emotional and spiritual health, after retiring from my profession as…

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Monday—A Grace-filled Day

The special moments in which we individuals receive a grace show how the universe loves to become personal, to incarnate itself in time and space. David Richo   Photo taken by Joshua Thomas of Red River, New Mexico   For…

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An Opportunity to Practice

An intention for 2015: Increase my awareness of the light of grace in the midst of life’s messiness. Linda A. Marshall   On January 1st I posted this intention on my blog. On January 2nd messiness entered my life. As…

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DEEPENING: Divine Messiness

Look for God’s realm peeking through our imperfect world. Deb Kaiser-Cross My friends, Kathryn, Sharon, Karen, Jennie and many others speak of feeling closer to the Divine in nature than anywhere else. Jennie, one of my writer friends, writes eloquently…

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You Are Accepted…How Sweet The Sound

Recently Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the celebrated memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, posted this Paul Tillich quote on Facebook. I added it to my page noting that the reason my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, has that title is because it…

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Memoirs That Inspire Me: Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin

Writers are encouraged to read widely in the genre in which they are writing. As a result, I have been reading and listening to a lot of memoirs. It only recently occurred to me to share the bounty with you….

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Memoirs that Inspire Me: A House in the Sky

When the radiance of the human spirit shines through in a transformative way, I am inspired. That is especially true when the transformation happens in the midst of a journey into darkness.   A House in the Sky Amanda Lindhout…

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Where do I begin?

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. John Irving For…

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Andre Dubus III Won My Heart

The second week in July, I attended the Antioch Writer’s Workshop. What an exhausting and exhilarating week. The benefits continue to accrue. Here’s my first installment.   Andre Dubus III gave the keynote address on Saturday evening and then taught…

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Poetry at Antioch Writer’s Workshop

This week, July 12-18, I’m attending Antioch Writer’s Workshop in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I’m learning a lot. Today I learned about Minimal Poems from Chris DeWeese, an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Wright State University. Minimal poems can have as…

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