Creating a Sacred-Self Care Basket
“There is boldness in the invitation to step away from the worn-out messages that encourage work, work, work without repose, renewal, and self-care.” What comforts you? Make a list […]
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Introducing Goscelin – The Scribe
I am Goscelin, the scribe, keeper and guardian of sacred wisdom… In the story of Ink and Honey Goscelin, the Scribe of Belle Coeur, learns her craft of scribing when she is […]
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The Belle Cœur Journal Keeper’s Prayer
JOURNAL KEEPER’S PRAYER Beloved, please inspire my heart and mind to record my story truthfully and to create beauty upon and within these pages. Open me to your Mystery, and […]
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Harvesting the Journal
The receipt of creative inspiration – regardless of source – is a miraculous phenomenon. Recently, I spent time looking through old photos and saved images, the way one sorts through […]
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Creating a Visual Prayer Collage
Visual prayer, for the purposes of this exploration, is collage-making with a specific sacred intention. The process is prayerful, contemplative, and enriching for the spiritual life. This overview includes exercises […]
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The Hidden Wisdom of Symbols as Cyphers
When I was a child, I learned from Miss Lunn, my fifth-grade teacher, that Leonardo da Vinci wrote many of his notations in his notebooks…backward. For others to decipher the […]
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Autumn Reverie
September. The changing seasons, God’s marking of time as transformative cycles of creation. A divine plan for continuity and metamorphosis are inextricably woven together. At this time of year, here […]
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Practicing Journal Prayer
This post is the second in our series about Journal Prayer by guest blogger Bridget Mary Meehan. The first post “Exploring ‘Journal Prayer’ as a Devotional Practice” explored how journaling […]
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Exploring “Journal Prayer” as Devotional Practice
We are pleased this month, during our exploration of the Belle Coeur Chamber of Devotion, to offer the wisdom of Bridget Mary Meehan as the first guest-blogger for Herstoriae. In […]
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The Devotion of Living in Limbo
August is a month of in-between. Summer is waning and autumn has not yet arrived. This month, the invitation is to take pause to contemplate the myriad forms of Devotion, one of four alchemical chambers of Belle Coeur spirituality. Devotion can be expressed reflectively, creatively, and sacredly.
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Tending the Garden of the Soul
Garden accoutrements seem to be displayed everywhere this time of year. Statues including pink flamingos, smiling gnomes, somersaulting children, flop-eared bunnies, and plump frogs are tucked into shrubs and carefully […]
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Embracing downtime to enrich your sacred practices
The longer days and warmer weather of Summer cause our daily routines to slow down and shift. Last summer, during a vacation in the Finger Lakes region of New York, […]
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Onward We Go
The house smelled of earth and smoke and a subtle ether of womanly visions. ~Ink and Honey While I was writing the story of Ink and Honey, I frequently made little […]
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Anchoring for Lent
The world turns and the hours of daylight increase. Spring approaches and Lent begins. Last weekend I was blessed to spend a retreat day with my dear friend, visionary, and […]
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