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Stretched

October 2, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

I share with you my journey seeking wisdom and stability during this difficult time. I offer it as a gift of love.

Filed Under: Spiritual Guidance, Spirituality, Transformation, Wisdom for Difficult Times Tagged With: Benedictine Monasticsm, Courage, Cynthia Bourgeault, Death, Fear, Glorious Gladiators, Goodwill, Kindness, Listening, Love, M. Scott Peck, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Political Chaos, Powerlessness, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Spiritual Growth, State of Emergence, Terry Patten, The Gospel of Thomas, Transformation of Consciousness, Wisdom, Wisdom School

Speaking as an Elder

October 29, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 11 Comments

I have reached the age where many of my contemporaries and I speak of decline, death, legacy, and our responsibility as elders. In this post, I speak as an elder … as one who has gained some wisdom from the challenges life has thrown my way. I am led to this because I have carried […]

Filed Under: Community, Eldering Tagged With: Anger, Barack Obama, Common Ground, Elijah Cummings, Freedom, Inner Work, Kindness, Listening, Michelle Obama, Respect, Responsibility, Wisdom

Six Lessons About Living and Dying:

September 10, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 4 Comments

The World According to Debra Winegarten One year ago today, “The Debster” as Deb was affectionately called, made her transition. She was one of the most generous persons I have ever met. In 2017, I wrote about the great gift she gave to me as my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, was published. Here […]

Filed Under: Spirituality Tagged With: Death, Debra Winegarten, Jeanne Guy, Life Lessons, Outrageous Requests, Sociosights Press, Tikkun Olam, Wisdom

Our Experience … Our Stories Make a Difference

August 27, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

Recently I sat down with two men whose views are different from mine. We are involved with Better Angels, a citizen’s organization formed after the 2016 election. We focus on building a more perfect union, which to us means disagreeing with respect and working together to find common ground … like getting big money out […]

Filed Under: Values Tagged With: Abortion, Better Angels, Common Ground, Experience, Personal Stories, Rev. Rob Schenck, Wisdom

Your Name in the Book of Life?

November 8, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

I left our second Living Room Conversation (LRC) on the topic of “Guns and Responsibility” in turmoil. I could not escape seeing my growth challenges. I’m fairly certain my alarm system was not turned off during our first nitty-gritty conversation about an issue. I had difficulty climbing the empathy wall. This is hard! I did […]

Filed Under: Community, Making a difference Tagged With: Eldering, higher purpose, Inspiration, Reflection, Values, Wisdom

The Gift I Was Meant to Share

August 20, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 12 Comments

In May I signed up for the August 18 Book Fair in Springfield sponsored by Hen House Publishing. It was to be held at Mother Stewart’s Brewing Company. As the date approached, I wondered what I was getting myself into. Before I left to pick up Joy, my bubbling-with-enthusiasm angel friend who agreed to help me, I […]

Filed Under: Community, Making a difference Tagged With: Book Fair Authors, higher purpose, Wisdom

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