Draw Closer
Paula D'Arcy
November 18, 2022
Day after day we are met by the same silent awareness in the sunlight and the sudden wind.
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Paula D'Arcy
Paula D'Arcy, author (Stars at Night, Song for Sarah, The Divine Spark, Gift of the Red Bird) and retreat leader, travels widely in the United States and abroad. Her work includes workshops and retreats related to spirituality, writing, women's gatherings, (including women's initiation and rites of passage), and creating venues where men and women experience an opening of the heart and a change in their way of being in the world. She is also founder of Red Bird Foundation, and serves as adjunct faculty at Oblate School of Theology and Seton Cove Spirituality Center, in Texas.
Don’t Squander Today
Paula D'Arcy
November 17, 2022
Do not squander this day, say the mystics. Leave being right behind you, let it go, let it go, let it go. Return to Love.
Hold a Space in Your Heart for the World
Paula D'Arcy
November 16, 2022
Hold a space in your heart for the world. We’re all ancestors of future generations who hope we’ll build the fire that can be seen in the distance.
Time Speeds by Us
Paula D'Arcy
November 15, 2022
Time speeds by, one event falling into another. I see this now.
A Season of Transition
Paula D'Arcy
December 4, 2021
Transitions are tender seasons, not unlike the nine months when a woman gestates a seed prior to the birth of a child.
When Have You Met the Dark?
Paula D'Arcy
November 11, 2021
The dark meets each person in unique ways, and our individual thresholds assume varying forms.
The True Self Is Waking Up
Paula D'Arcy
November 7, 2021
The coming of the dawn is the rising up of an inner light. In that undefiled dawn the soul opens wide to life’s essential wonder, and the hidden meaning of being here knocks on the door of the heart.