SPIRITUALITY

THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful, holy and glorious Season of Hope.

QUESTIONS
An opportunity for a respite from division and an invitation to unity.

STORYTELLING
What story will you tell for 2022?

GOD'S PROVISION
... a heart, soul, mind and strength connection in a writing and editing collaborative.

GRACE A TOI
A whispered blessing of thanks.

WHAT I’VE BEEN UP TO… MICHAEL FOX HAD 4 BOOKS IN HIS MIND
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2020/05/what-ive-been-up-to-michael-fox-had-4.html
...books centered upon the principles of seeking and finding relevance in our interior lives.

 VALENTINE WISH
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentine-wish.html
Find your true self in this message.

 SOME THINGS CANNOT WAIT
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2020/01/some-things-cannot-wait.html
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

 HIATUS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/12/hiatus.html
Summer and fall this past year have taken me away from this blog, but for a very good reason. 

 BREADCRUMBS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/08/breadcrumbs.html
We don’t watch our loved ones suffer memory loss… we equip ourselves with BREADCRUMBS.

 TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/04/turn-other-cheek.html
Often there is a third path, a third choice, where real humanity is found.

 68 HOURS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/03/68-hours.html
A hungry child cannot learn, SO, who will feed the kids this weekend?

ETCHED IN OUR HEARTS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/03/etched-in-our-hearts.html
Carole was the picture of the person we all want to be.

 LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2019/02/learning-to-dance-in-rain.html
The resilient person partners with other resources for respite, relief, and time to recalibrate.

 WHAT CONSCIENCE DREADS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/11/what-conscience-dreads.html
How often does our own presumption of limitation limit our own possibilities? 

 ON THE WAY TO AUSCHWITZ
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/11/on-way-to-auschwitz-there-is.html
Edith Stein ministered into the hearts and minds others – even on the train to Auschwitz.  

 THE LAST PISTACHIO
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-last-pistachio.html
Could lack of forgiveness be causing us to leave behind a piece of our future?

 THE WOUNDED HEALER
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-wounded-healer.html
Connect your inner poverty to the poverty of another, and find inner peace and joy. 

 ART AND SOUL
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/10/art-and-soul.html
By recognizing our cracks, we can mend...the end product is better than before. 

 STRONG BACK, SOFT FRONT
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/10/strong-back-soft-front.html
How do we go out into the world with “Strong Back, Soft Front?”

 COME.  MORE.  BYE.
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/09/come-more-bye.html
In the simplicity of life, maybe those are the only words we really need anyway.

 THE WAY FORWARD
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-way-forward.html
We will find the way forward together, in a universal spirit, silent but powerful, each for all.

 THE SEARCH
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-search.html
For the greatest questions of our lives, we are given the gift of faith and believing. 

 SHAKE MY SILLIES OUT
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/07/shake-my-sillies-out.html
Sillies are not to be taken seriously.

SMOOTHING OUT THE BUMPS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/07/smoothing-out-bumps.html
Life is much easier on the roadway is smooth.

 ON PAIN
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/07/on-pain.html
Pain is often the prerequisite to learning, understanding, and new awakening.

 DIVINE IDENTITY
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/06/divine-identity.html
A lifetime of purpose cannot be encapsulated in one sentence. How would you define yours?

 LIVE FORWARD
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/06/live-forward.html
Who, or what is it that we need to take on the world?

HEROES
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/06/heroes.html
The hero needs to tell his stories. And others need to hear them.

 YOU'VE GOT TO DO YOUR OWN GROWING
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/06/youve-got-to-do-your-own-growing.html
How many times have we found ourselves blaming our parents for our own mistakes? 

 SHUB
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/shub.html
A “turn” or move from one space in your soul to another. 

 JUDGEMENT
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/judgement.html
To judge is to confine your own imagination. It is to constrain your own life.

 WEAKENING YET STRENGTHENING
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/weakening-yet-strengthening.html
As we weaken physically, we strengthen spiritually.

 ISLANDS OF FORGIVENESS
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/islands-of-forgiveness.html
Might taking one item and isolating it for treatment make sense? 

 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/do-you-hear-what-i-hear_12.html
With the words, experiences, and knowledge by which we are inspired, we can change the world. 

 THE STORY
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-story.html
The story of my life begins and ends with you.

 AND IN ALL THINGS, WAS I LOVING?
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/05/and-in-all-things-was-i-loving.html
Separate our missteps from our true character flaws.

 GIVE US THIS DAY
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/give-us-this-day.html
Give yourself just this moment to fill your soul with whatever it needs for this moment. 

 HOPE
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/hope.html 
Hope is the engine that drives us to the positive side of life. 

 HEART TO HEART
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/heart-to-heart-atleast-once-every-night.html
How many times in our lives do we encounter this most profound nearness and openness?

 INTERCONNECTEDNESS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/interconnectedness.html
"We belong in a great web of relationship, and interconnectedness.'

 RE-FORMATION
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/re-formation.html
What is the truth you seek in order to be re-formed, or transformed?

 FIRST RESPONDERS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-responders.html
Envision the call, and cast yourself into the role of responder. 

 RESURRECT THE ENCOUNTER
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/04/resurrect-encounter.html
Believers and unbelievers can find the hidden message of the Resurrection in the Encounter.

 THE VIGIL
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-vigil.html

I will not stop loving you.

FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/faith-of-our-fathers.html
The faith we inherit from our fathers carries an unchangeable truth.

 MY WORD
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/my-word.html
What does my word say about me?

 GIVE YOURSELF AWAY
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/give-yourself-away.html
'Give yourself a way' to 'Give yourself away.'

 INSTINCT, REASON AND FULFILLMENT
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/instinct-reason-and-fulfillment.html
Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong? 

 THE PROXIMITY OF GRACE
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-proximity-ofgrace-didyou-ever-feel.html
Did you ever feel the presence of holiness, or grace?

 LOVE, TIME, DEATH
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/03/love-time-death
These three abstractions connect every single human being on earth. 

 ASCENDING THE STAIRCASE
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/ascending-staircase.html

As our spirits journey, they ascend.  

THE BALANCE BETWEEN WORLDS
Do you have fears which, if overcome, could change your life? 

 IN US AND THROUGH US
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/in-us-and-through-us_20.html
God works wonders through us.

EMOTIONAL HEALTH
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/emotional-health.html
The cure for overwhelming dark emotions is an inside job.

A NEW CREATIVITY
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-new-creativity.html
The soulmate's love and discernment is God’s secret for us, and His gift to us. 

PRAYER
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/prayer_11.html
What does it mean to pray?

ENCOUNTERING SUFFERING AND HEALING
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/encountering-suffering-and-healing.html
Human warmth brings comfort and profound serenity.  

THE CREDIBLE WITNESS
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-credible-witness.html
What makes a credible witness?

LEARNING, BECOMING, CHANGING, GROWING, AND MATURING
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/learning-becoming-changing-growing-and.html 
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”

SIGNS OF RECOVERY AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY: HUMILITY, GRATITUDE, AND COMPASSION
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/signs-of-recovery-and-spiritual.html
Incorporating the precepts of humility, gratitude and compassion into our practice of solitude.

BARRIERS TO BELIEF
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/barriers-to-belief.html
At the very outset of our faith walk, we learn a universal truth.  Barriers exist to believing in God.

KNOWING GOD APART FROM RELIGION
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/knowing-god-apart-from-religion.html
Life itself is the primary divine revelation.


WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/what-are-you-looking-for.html
"How can we respond to this beckoning to come away and sit with our God?"

TOGETHER IN SOLITUDE
https://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2018/01/together-in-solitude.html
“As soon as you are really alone you are with God.”

 THANKSGIVING 2017
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-2017.html
A chance to seek a new normal of living in gratitude 

 IMMERSION
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2015/10/immersion.html
An unexpected gift

ALL THE BEAUTY THEY POSSESS INSIDE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2015/01/all-beauty-they-possess-inside.html
Honoring those who understand our children and empower them for the future

 UNDER THE SKY
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2015/01/under-sky.html
Changing our perspective on homelessness.

 CHRISTMAS HAPPENS WHEREVER WE ARE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-happens-wherever-we-are.html
The message of The Festival of Lessons and Carols 

 NATURE ALWAYS WEARS THE COLORS OF THE SPIRIT
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/12/nature-always-wears-colors-of-spirit.html
A walk with you in nature's desert abundance.

 BELIEVE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/12/believe.html
Faith defined out of the mouths of babes.

 THIS DAY
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/11/this-day.html
Thanksgiving 2014

 SEASONS AND CIRCLES
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/05/seasons-and-circles.html

 DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/01/do-you-know-who-i-am.html
A brave little girl's message to the world.

 MUSIC IS SACRIFICIAL, TRANSFORMATIVE AND REDEMPTIVE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/01/music-is-sacrificial-transformative-and.html
An homage to musical professionals everywhere.

 FOLLOW THE VOICE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2014/01/follow-voice.html
A blessing for Christmas.

 BOOKENDS
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2013/11/bookends.html
Family passages. 

 GOODNESS AND MERCY
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2013/09/goodness-and-mercy.html
A visit from my Dad. 

STAND... FOR GOOD
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2013/09/stand-for-good.html
Why we are there for our loved ones in times of trial.

MERRY IN THE  MIDDLE
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2013/01/merry-in-middle.html
Where do we each find happiness?

 STAND
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/11/stand.html
A celebration of all that connects us.

STAYING AT OUR POST
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/10/staying-at-our-post.html
Living together, for each other, in community.

OUR GOINGS OUT AND OUR COMINGS IN
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/10/our-goings-out-and-our-comings-in.html
Thoughts on the passing of my friend Michael’s mother.

PRAYER THAT WORKS
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/06/prayer-that-works.html
Margaret Silf on St. Ignatius of Loyola.

THE SHADOW WHICH LOSES ITSELF IN THE SUNSET
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/02/shadow-which-loses-itself-in-sunset.html
Native American Meditations on my desert hike.

THE MOUNTAIN SITS
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2012/01/mountain-sits.html
Meditations by Jon Kabat-Zinn on my desert hike.

TO MICHAEL, MY SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2011/11/to-michael-my-spiritual-director.html
AND
TRANSACTIONALVS. RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATION
THOUGHTS TO MICHAEL ON HOLY WEEK
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2011/11/thoughts-to-michael-on-holy-week.html
AND
STEWARDSHIP AND THE BARBARIAN SPIRIT
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2011/11/stewardship-and-barbarian-spirit.html
AND
BIBLICAL QUALITIES OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
http://samiwolf.blogspot.com/2011/11/biblical-qualities-of-people-of-god.html
A series of communiqués between my Spiritual Director Michael Fox and me.

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