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A Sacred Journey

practicing pilgrimage at home and abroad

Someone Already Knows the Path You Should Take (and how to start listening to them)

I had this thing I used to do when faced with a shopping decision.

Say, for example, there was a sweater that I wanted to buy, but I couldn’t decide which color I liked best. Here’s what the chatter in my head would sound like: I don’t have anything in purple, but I’m more drawn to the cream. But then again I have 3 cream sweaters… maybe I should get it in purple. But do I want to get it in purple? Then again, should I really get something else that’s cream?

As you can imagine, I would be faced with a dilemma. All of my reasoning would be getting in the way of what was most important: which sweater did I prefer? I finally figured a way to get around all of my second-guessing if I had a shopping companion with me. I would ask my friend to flat-out choose one: purple or cream? And when they would say “purple,” I’d pay attention to how I felt inside—was I excited or a bit sad? In this case, I probably would have been a bit sad, because I’m really a neutrals girl at heart. Of course, this meant that I really wanted the cream sweater instead of the purple one. I’d walk to the check-out with great relief and clarity, putting the purple sweater back and telling it to stop getting in the way of my love affair with neutrals.

This might seem a bit trivial, I know. But the reason I use this example is that these situations are some of the earliest instances where I began tapping into my intuition. I didn’t really know much about what intuition was or the power or depth that it offered. But I did know one thing: that feeling inside me was revealing more than just my preference—it was speaking my truth.

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Pilgrim Podcast 07: Vocation + Meaningful Work with Dan Cumberland

What do you feel “called” to do?

The New Year often has us contemplating how we can pursue more meaning in our everyday lives, and in my conversation today with Dan Cumberland of themeaningmovement.com we explore how to discern our vocation and find meaning in our work.

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This episode is brought to you by my 2018 Creation Pilgrimage. Join me on pilgrimage May 19-25 in the beautiful Pacific Northwest as we seek to know more of the Divine and ourselves through God’s first revelation: Creation. Inspired by the seven days of the Creation Narrative, we will draw from creation as our text and the creative impulse as our guide, listening for the gentle stirrings of the Sacred and the True Self each step of the way.

New: A limited number of partial scholarship opportunities are now available for those requiring financial assistance who might not be able to join us on pilgrimage otherwise. You can also donate to the Pilgrimage Scholarship Fund to support the journey of another. Scholarship applications are due by February 9, 2018. Learn more about the Creation Pilgrimage and how to register, apply for a scholarship, or make a donation here.

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themeaningmovement.com
Free Mini-Course: 5 Clues to Your Calling
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer

Plus, more resources on vocation and posts from Dan in the archives »

All about Sabbaticals on The Meaning Movement Podcast

The Meaning Movement Podcast

I’ve just returned from my trip to Bali, and while I won’t be sharing about my trip quite yet, there’s something that happened while I was away…

I was interviewed by Dan Cumberland of The Meaning Movement for his new podcast! I’ve been enjoying listening to his guests so far and it’s an honor to count myself among them. We talked about sabbatical—my own experience as well as how you can create one for you, too—and I can’t wait for you to hear it.

Click here to listen to the episode, or better yet, subscribe to The Meaning Movement Podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast, S1|E13: Ordinary Time + Vocation

Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast, S1|E13: Ordinary Time + Vocation

Now that the fifty days of Eastertide is over and the feast of Pentecost has passed, we find ourselves in Ordinary Time—the longest season of the year.

What better time to explore vocation—what we bring to the world—especially when it so often intersects with our work in the world and how we spend most of our days? Today on the Sacred Ordinary Days Podcast we’re talking about finding our calling and the Sacred threads that are uniquely woven through each of our lives.

Listen/download below or through iTunes or your favorite podcast app, and catch up on past episodes here. And if you like what you hear, would you mind sharing it with a friend and leaving a review? Here’s how.

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Create a Sabbatical Just for You

Create a Sabbatical Just for You » https://asacredjourney.net

This past Monday was Labor Day in the US, and while to most it means a three-day weekend and signals the end of summer and the start of a new school year, I like to think of it liturgically.

No, no—you haven’t missed the declaration of Labor Day as the latest feast day during Vatican III. Even though Labor Day is only part of our cultural calendar (though I still have high hopes), when approached with intention it can offer us a unique invitation to deepen our spiritual journey as we focus on rhythms of labor and rest both in our world and in our everyday lives. After all, even God rested.

Speaking of which, there is, of course, the invitation to rest one day each week, modeled after the Divine’s resting on the seventh day of creation. These regular rhythms of sabbath are a call to cease and feast—a spiritual practice that is both challenging and rewarding in today’s culture.

There are times, though, when ceasing and feasting isn’t enough—at least for one day. Culturally, we refer to these seasons as a vacation or a leave of absence. However, just like a Saturday or Sunday each weekend, with a little intention, these seasons of rest and renewal can become so much more.

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Hi! I’m Lacy—your guide here at A Sacred Journey and a lover of food, books, spirituality, growing and making things, far-off places and lovely spaces. More »

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