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Two Kinds of Wisdom

Over the years I’ve heard people say spiritual wisdom is better than everyday wisdom. 

Posted bySteve JacobsenSeptember 9, 2023September 9, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:beatitudes, steve jacobsen, wisdom1 Comment on Two Kinds of Wisdom

Five Tips for Everyday Living

The original article included 38 such suggestions. That’s way too many for me.  I’m thinking I can hold five at a time without dropping any. I also hope writing them down like this will help – if I remember where I put the list.

Posted bySteve JacobsenSeptember 2, 2023September 2, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:David Brooks, steve jacobsen, wisdom3 Comments on Five Tips for Everyday Living

Learning from the Redwoods

Older redwoods pass on their organic material.  Humans don’t have much carbon and nitrogen to offer.  We can be nurtured by the lives and stories of our parents, mentors, and ancestors.

Posted bySteve JacobsenAugust 26, 2023August 25, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:spirituality, steve jacobsen, wisdom2 Comments on Learning from the Redwoods

Is Spiritual Discernment Like Listening to a Crystal Radio?

If our crystal set picks up a local radio station, we can expect it to identify itself from time to time.  With spiritual direction, how do we know any message we receive might have a divine origin? 

Posted bySteve JacobsenAugust 19, 2023August 19, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:pocket epiphanies, spirituality, steve jacobsen3 Comments on Is Spiritual Discernment Like Listening to a Crystal Radio?

The “Barbie” Movie and Our Search for Meaning in Life

When we are able to move beyond our separate or false self—as we are invited to do over the course of our lives – it will eventually feel as if we have lost nothing. In fact, it will feel like freedom and liberation.

Posted bySteve JacobsenAugust 12, 2023August 11, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Barbie Movie, spirituality, steve jacobsen, wisdom4 Comments on The “Barbie” Movie and Our Search for Meaning in Life

Making Good Time

We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with the emphasis on “good” rather than on “time”….”

Posted bySteve JacobsenAugust 5, 2023August 5, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:steve jacobsen, wisdom, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenanceLeave a comment on Making Good Time

“The Field Is Tilled and Left to Grace

And what of your work? Does it feel as if your “ten thousand days of work” filled the barn?

Posted bySteve JacobsenJuly 29, 2023July 28, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:spirituality, steve jacobsen, wendell berry, wisdom5 Comments on “The Field Is Tilled and Left to Grace

Clarifying Our Intentions: Fear or Curiosity? Worrying or Caring?

When we are in challenging situations, we may want to observe how we are approaching them

Posted bySteve JacobsenJuly 22, 2023July 22, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:buddhism, hospice care, spirituality, steve jacobsen2 Comments on Clarifying Our Intentions: Fear or Curiosity? Worrying or Caring?

The Intrinsic Power of Veriditas

What I saw was a glimpse of the viriditas that permeates and surrounds us, an inner force we share.

Posted bySteve JacobsenJuly 15, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:hildegard, pocket epiphanies, spirituality, steve jacobsen11 Comments on The Intrinsic Power of Veriditas

Paul Simon’s “Seven Psalms”

What is that spiritual force that seems to exist within and beyond all of it, which, at unexpected times, offers us gifts of insight and mysteries to ponder? 

Posted bySteve JacobsenJuly 8, 2023July 7, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:paul simon, pocket epiphanies, spirituality, steve jacobsen5 Comments on Paul Simon’s “Seven Psalms”

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