Daily Nourishment for July 23, 2024: Breathing Each Other Into Life with Words from This Morning’s Chapel Service at the Glen Workshop
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
We press others’ palms to our faces,
as if we were still being molded
- Martha Serpas
Pause.
Take a few deep breaths then read the prayer below by Arthur Waskow from this morning’s chapel service at The Glen.
Prompt.
Read the poem “Finishing Touch” by Martha Serpas. It can be found here. (Scroll down to the bottom of the web page.)
Practice.
Set a timer for 10 minutes and take notes or journal in response to the words above and linked to above and/or the questions below. You can also just sit with these words and questions in silence and notice what comes to mind without needing to capture anything on paper.
When does the need to make or do feel overwhelming?
When does it feel energizing?
How do you experience the “breathing each other into life” in your work, creative expression, and relationships?
How do you crave the presence of the divine in your creative work? In your life? In your relationships?
How have you noticed the presence (or what seems like absence) of the divine in your creative work, life, and relationships over the past few days?
Want More?
Revisit other Glen-ish Daily Nourishment offerings from the month of July.
Elements of today’s Pause and Prompt were taken from this morning’s chapel service put together by Lauren Winner and delivered by Bobby Gross. Happy Glen-ing to everyone attending the Glen Workshop this week. May you find more of your people there. People who help you feel less alone in your faith. People who nourish your creative soul. If you aren’t attending the Glen Workshop this year, may you find more of your people wherever you may be.
During the month of July, Spiritual Direction for Writers® Daily Nourishment will feature Glen Workshop facilitators and other Glen-ish people, places, and things. Enjoy!
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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings
—The July Co-Writing Schedule is live
—July 21-27: Charlotte Donlon will provide a few spiritual direction offerings at the Glen Workshop in Seattle
—July 27: Online Revision Stations Designed by Lauren F. Winner
—Save the Date: Spiritual Direction for Writers® + Enneagram for Creativity Gathering will take place on Saturday, September 28th. Recordings will be available if you can’t join us live. Speakers will be announced soon!
Today’s Daily Nourishment was provided by Charlotte Donlon.
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