Today is All Saints’ Sunday. For the Christian church we take time to remember those that have died, but this ritual of remembering, of marking…
Author: Hannah Bergstrom de Leon
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There is no shame in anyone’s reading game. I wholeheartedly believe that. The other day I was at a coffee shop with a dear gym…
Fall’s Fall Off
So you might have noticed that Haddi and I have been a little less prolific in the last couple of months; heretofore dubbed “Fall’s Fall…
Confronting My Misogyny
*language warning* As the national discussion rages around the #metoo movement, which is short hand for “the validity, believability and value of women’s stories,” I…
Seasons of Silence
It’s not easy being Christian…or I imagine a person of faith in any religion. As Christians we are called into a deep and powerful relationship…
Living the Complexity of Human Emotions
So apparently I am in a season of feeling all the feelings and I’m going to go with it…for now. Earlier this month I decided…
Poetry, Grief and a Tender Heart
An excerpt from my Silent Retreat Journal 2018 Monday August 6, 2018 “So so many things Beloved (my name for God in personal devotions). During…
Meeting the Saints
Every year at my silent retreat I try to take at least one book by the well known(ish) saints and/or mystics of the Christian tradition. …
Unpacking the “Fun Read”
After close to ten years, it has become almost… …almost rote packing for my 5 or 8-day silent retreat. The part I wrestle with each…
Feelin’ the Pressure Sis?
So a little birdie…okay Leonel, because I call him every Sunday when I’m on silent retreat, just like my dad called my mom when we little…