Francine Thompson
@francine
Francine Thompson
I just feel like continually, we need to remind ourself that we need to be in this space of spirituality, of Mary Magdalene, of the work of wholeness. No one can do that for us. No one, and no one can tell us exactly what that looks like for us or what needs to be done to achieve that.It is deeply personal, internal work. And yes, I think we all... See more
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
Faith as a way to relate to myself, move through the world, etc
And curiosity is an impulse that just taps you on the shoulder very lightly, and invites you to turn your head a quarter of an inch and look a little closer at something that has intrigued you.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Elizabeth Gilbert — Choosing Curiosity Over Fear
You did not come into this world. You came out of it
Suburban Biology
The catch with reverence is — I think I am also in this category — is we want reverence that brings us into the presence of something greater than ourselves, which is the bottom-line definition. These days when people tell me they don’t believe in a higher power, it occurs to me weather is a higher power. And that there are many things around us... See more
Barbara Brown Taylor • Barbara Brown Taylor — “This Hunger for Holiness” | The On Being Project
I learn I can leave things out of my mind, and they can get done.
Kate Arends • My 2024 in Review: A Year of Simplicity, Growth, and New Beginnings
I’m not sure where I’d be if I hadn’t met @eliseloehnen (I’m the luckiest guy in the world because I did). We’ve traveled the world together, and we’ve also traveled deep into our own minds in trying to figure our shit out together. Elise is the author of the New York Times bestseller On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women... See more
instagram.comWhereas I think we're being asked, or at least I feel called to stay in this place of seeking wholeness, which to me is the path within that construct that's focused on being and focused on self, self-acceptance and focused on recovering parts of myself from shadow and feelings that there's not more for me to do, now is the time where I am trying... See more
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
I decided to finally interview Adam in 2015, when I read the foreword he wrote to a book called The Good Book , in which an array of intellectual and literary figures reflect on the Bible. Adam Gopnik sums up a core irony of our secular age in this way: “Our ancestors acknowledged doubt while practicing faith. We moderns are drawn to faith while... See more