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Stories Free Us to Change: A Personal Morning Journey A MAGICAL MOMENT A real-life embodiment of the story of When Things Fall Apart from Sharon Blackie’s book, The Enchanted Life. Last November, in my Saturday Zoom Story Time Workshop, we unpacked that story around the theme, “What gives you hope?” That was the question Sharon Blackie was asked when she told the story of The Woman at the End…

The Journey Begins Dorothy realizes that the Scarecrow is friendly, which relaxes her and brightens her mood. She decides it is safe enough to engage him. What makes you feel safe? “We have not properly met. I am Dorothy from Kansas.” “Where is Kansas?” the Scarecrow asks. “Kansas is home. I want to go home. I am on my way to the Emerald City to see the wonderful Wizard of Oz. He will help me…

Listen Blessing: May your longings lead you far and farther still toward the place where what you desire can be met only by God. May your hungering bring you home by another way. Jan Richardson Home by Another Way Today’s newsletter is purposely short, drawing your attention to the liminal space of the Summer Solstice. Today is a day to honor the summer season, where the ancestors invite you…

Lessons from The Lion King Last Call for Saturday June 13, 2026 The Call to Your Authentic Self Imagination Is Hijacked by Shame The Substack Post! This week in Step into Story, we have been playing with the story of The Lion King. It is easy to attach to little Simba. He is cute, curious, and adored, which provides him with the perfect childhood in which to flourish. Even though he could…

Join me for a reflective and transformative story on Saturday April 18th from 11:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M. Zoom Workshop. Brigid is Always Present Today, I visited the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. My grief at what we are capable of doing to one another caught me entirely off guard. It wasn’t that the story was new to me, but hearing it told by a Japanese woman born twenty years after the…

Group Guided Walks and Structured Intentional Personal Walks are equal and uniquely different ways to experience the Labyrinth as a wisdom guide. Lunar Eclipse Walk at The Fountains UMC in Fountain Hills. Guided Labyrinth Walk Led by Beth Dyer, Veriditas Trained Labyrinth Facilitator Walking a labyrinth during a lunar eclipse is a powerful way to ground yourself while the cosmos undergoes a…

What Does This Art Say to You? We often think of the “sacred” as something locked behind heavy cathedral doors, untouchable to us ordinary earthlings. I suspect that it is the sacred that makes the ordinary, extraordinary! Brigid is an expert on the sacred imaginative. Her expertise builds our curiosity and intrigues us to enter the thin place of our own sacred imaginative.  It is a thin place.…