Rachel ParsonsJul 177 minQ&A with a Spiritual DirectorEvery so often, we at Fratres Dei Spiritual Direction and Ministries host an "Ask a Spiritual Director Day" on our social media pages. Fo...
Rachel ParsonsJun 107 minA Letter to My Beloved White Friends, by Karla JohnsonKarla Johnson, a member of my spiritual direction training cohort from back in the day, has graciously given us permission to share power...
Caroline CrookMay 24 minBREAKING: Local Woman Still AnxiousOne week back in February, I attended an Ignatian Retreat. On Wednesday, the midpoint of the retreat, one of the suggested passages was L...
Rachel ParsonsMar 44 min3 Tips for Surviving a Faith CrisisBelieving in Magic: Part II In my last post I shared some thoughts on my misotheistic past, the Problem of Evil, and my eventual exodus f...
Rachel ParsonsJan 233 minBelieving in Magic Part 1: Rachel Gets PersonalCW: Satan, misotheism, violence against women Amethyst and flowers on the table Is it real or a fable Well I suppose a friend is a friend...
Saint GibsonDec 11, 20193 minNourished in Darkness: Tolerating AdventHistorically, I've chafed against Advent. As much as I love Christmas, It's hard for me to observe a season devoted to light when darknes...
Rachel ParsonsDec 3, 20192 minAnimate Dust: Poems for EmbodimentThis month the Fratres Dei team got together to compile poetry of our own creation about our experiences with embodied spirituality. We i...
Caroline CrookOct 31, 20196 minMeditation Gone WrongI thought I'd tell you all about a guided meditation I once tried that quickly became one of my favorites, and also a complete disaster. ...
Kara Francisca ResnekiSep 18, 20193 minSometimes, Things Get Better Sometimes it takes days, weeks, or months to see you’re beyond your limits. Sometimes it takes just as long to realize you’ve made a mist...
Caroline CrookJul 24, 20194 minThe Body in Stillness (and why I'm very bad at it)It happens every single time. My mom drags me to her weekly Vinyasa Flow, or one of my friends has a coupon for a free class. I lumber my...
Rachel ParsonsJun 10, 20191 minEpisode 4: Spiritual Direction and Finding MeaningIn the pursuit of meaning, is Spiritual Direction a helpful avenue? Three Denver Area Spiritual Directors look at how Spiritual Direction...
Saint GibsonMay 30, 20195 minRitual, Rosaries, and Prayers Written in FleshHello wonder-workers and spiritual sojourners! It’s Saint, Fratres Dei’s social media manager and sometimes-theologian, back again to sha...
Saint GibsonApr 1, 20195 minReclaiming Our Attention from the Distortion MachineSocial media is kind of my thing. I met my future spouse through Tumblr, I'm an author who promotes her work on Twitter, and, as some of ...
Rachel ParsonsMar 26, 20191 minEpisode 3: Who is Spiritual Direction For?What is Spiritual Direction? Who is it for, and what does it do? We’re 4 Denver Area Spiritual Directors with a passion to educate on wha...
Rachel ParsonsMar 5, 20191 minEpisode 2: What does Spiritual Direction DO?What is Spiritual Direction? Who is it for, and what does it do? We’re 4 Denver Area Spiritual Directors with a passion to educate on wha...
Rachel ParsonsFeb 25, 20194 minStay Spiritually Curious Right after I finished seminary, I, like most seminary grads, was in a harried state. I had spent the last couple years routinely facing ...
Rachel ParsonsFeb 22, 20191 minEpisode 1: What is Spiritual Direction?What is Spiritual Direction? Who is it for, and what does it do? We’re 4 Denver Area Spiritual Directors with a passion to educate on wha...
Rachel ParsonsJan 28, 20193 minBody Scan Meditation and the DivineThe year was...2016. I was working three part-time jobs: cramming my feet into high heels on the way to hospice chaplain visits and spiri...
Rachel ParsonsDec 31, 20183 minBe Joyful or Something: Thoughts on New Year's EveWhen I was a good youth group kid, I was rip-roaring ready to convert my friends to Evangelical Protestantism (or "Christianity," as I ca...
Rachel ParsonsNov 27, 20183 minDancing Like Everyone’s Watching; or How to Let Your Body Be a BodyThen Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. -Exodus 1...
