The phrase “On Feminine Ground” stirs up thoughts from the very deep internal, personal to the big global picture. I have been attempting to find my own feminine ground for my whole life. It’s an ongoing practice in a world that seemingly does everything it can to take me up and away and knock me off center. My values are often at odds with the dominant culture. After two millennia of denigration of the feminine, our task in this time... Read more
“Truth shall grow from the ground” Psalms 85:11 It is deep within the ground that seeds decompose and produce new fruit. The cycle of creation involves necessary destruction. Things are always in flow, in flux. My body- and all that it holds- is my ground. In the creation story in Genesis we learn that the human was formed from earth and then given life and spirit through the breath of the divine. The human is a magnificent coming together of... Read more
The WSF blog is a sacred space for the voices of women from all faith traditions and spiritual perspective to explore and express the many dimensions of the Divine Feminine. For the next six months, we will be exploring the questions that are in women’s hearts and watching for emerging energy as we prepare to convene at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in October. Women of Spirit and Faith is exploring the phrase ‘On Feminine Ground’ during the coming... Read more
When I commune with nature in my backyard, a wild Everglade preservation, I come into a meditative state where heart and mind are one. I feel deep peace and reverence for all life, a sense of Oneness with Mother Earth and the cosmos. This state of bliss quiets my brain chatter and I become I am who I am, no better or lesser and in sync with creation. I would love to stay in this state while co-existing in the... Read more
The first time I heard the words ‘Reclaiming the Heart of our Humanity’, they took my breath away. Alison Fast, one of the young leaders in our Women of Spirit and Faith community, called to tell me she felt inspired to suggest these words as the theme of the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions. I gasped, that sharp intake of breath that occurs when my heart and my head simultaneously recognize I am in the presence of something powerful... Read more
As a Roman Catholic child, I was taught that the mothers were the hearts of the homes and the fathers were the heads. Yet, I was scorned by my mother and grandmothers and encouraged by my father. It is dangerous to assume that a world where women rule and men will submit will be any more balanced, or human, than our patriarchal world is now. It seems to me that claiming the fullness of being human, as opposed to simply... Read more
The WSF blog is a sacred space for the voices of women from all faith traditions and spiritual perspective to explore and express the many dimensions of the Divine Feminine. For the next six months, we will be exploring the questions that are in women’s hearts and watching for emerging energy as we prepare to convene at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in October. This month our questions will focus on the theme of this Parliament — Reclaiming the Heart... Read more
When we met across a table at the local poetry circle 35 years ago, the Divine Feminine was not on our minds. Admittedly, he was fresh back from the Spiritual Hippie Trail in India. His first thought on seeing me: That woman is going to be my wife. Second thought: That is a really strange thought. My own thoughts were a confusion of sexual interest and a stern shake of the ‘you are with someone already’ variety. But poetry brought us together. Robert Frost... Read more
The miracle of the relationship I share with my husband is a source of constant gratitude and amazement to me. Our life partnership is the center of our sacred space. We have lost several physical homes, but our spiritual home is in each others’ aura. Through our lives together, I have come to define “Love” as responsible and responsive compassion for another. The secret is that we are both totally naked emotionally. We have been able to use the wounds... Read more
In honour of Valentines Day, this month we are talking about love. This includes love for a partner, but it also means love for yourself, for those around you, for Spirit, for Her, for all that is… As ever, we invite you to dig deep and offer whatever comes naturally, but here are a couple of prompts to get your love juices flowing: How does the Divine Feminine show up in your relationships? How do you nurture, create and bring love from your... Read more
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