I love to read and I have bumped into some absolutely wonderful language on some of the food packaging in England. Here are some samples: Cereal advert on box: “Dorset Cereals – honest, tasty and real”. First off, it cracked me up that a cereal could be honest, then here comes the best part “We…
Author: Sharon Heaney Richards
SoulStroller, writer, poet, mom, wife, home chef, dual citizen and lover of books, art and travel. Many years of exploring the globe contribute to my ability to navigate and engage in the world with a sense of ease and anticipation. I am a pilgrim at heart and love to explore new landscapes, language and culture. As a former teacher (Bachelors of Education, University of British Columbia) I'm a curious learner and avid listener to both young and old.
You can also find me at SoulStrolling.com
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Traveling in Europe
Our family has been traveling in Europe since July 14. We arrived in Rome, rented a car and drove immediately to our villa outside of Florence in Mercatale San Casciano Val di Pesa. It was an excellent location for us and we had a wonderful time. We swam tons, had rather toasty hot weather, swam…
25 year reunion
This past weekend I reconnected with my high school graduating class of 1981. Oh my goodness, I had way more fun than I thought I was going to. I connected up with some wonderful friends who I hadn’t hung out with in years, met some of my friends kids (now that was absolutely wonderful), stayed…
Krakow, Poland
Dave and I have been in Krakow for three days. It is a very interesting city; lots of old streets, cobblestone roads, narrow roads, many languages, restaurants, old and beautiful buildings, and lots of history. Our hotel is just outside of the old town and each day we have walked into the old town, which…
Auschwitz
> I’m actually not quite sure how to even express my visit to Auschwitz I and II. I have heard and read about and seen movies that depict and explain the terrible atrocities that happened here, but it is a completely different moment to actually stand there, visit, walk around and see it. I felt…
Wine Tasting Prayer
I’ve composed a’wine tasting prayer,’ for a women’s retreat that I will be attending with my faith community. Wine Tasting Prayer Somehow, Jesus, I like praying with a nice glass of wine in my hand. The beauty of the color, the aroma, the fragrance, engages my senses and speaks to me of your beautiful, fragrant,…
What is ‘Spiritual Direction’ ?
This is my question. At least, not in the sense of understanding it so much, as me being able to come to my own working language definition of what I experience spiritual direction to be. It’s not so much directional in the sense of having a destination in mind, like finding the end destination on…
Conversation with an Eagle
I was on a contemplative ‘Psalms of my Life,’ retreat last week. As a group we worked through a variety of psalms and the accompanying feelings that the authors conveyed through their writing: lament, anger, fear and celebration. Leading up to this retreat I had been aware of some sadness that I was experiencing around…
Musings of the day
Today is Sunday. I’ve just finished reading Bono’s speech given at the national prayer breakfast. I was reading it because Nathan is doing a history project on Bono and U2. I helped him yesterday create his “Bono board game”. He is such a funny little fellow, that son of mine (ours). Last night I was…
Rats and Theology
Yesterday we discovered that we have a lovely, or not so lovely (actually it really grosses me out) family of rats living in our crawl space underneath our house. Yuck. Last night I was cuddling with Becca doing our usual evening bedtime routine, when as part of our prayer time together I asked God to…
The Artist’s Way
I’ve begun this journey through a book entitled, The Artist’s Way. I think I enjoy spiritual direction as much as I do because to me, it’s an art form – there is creativity, wonder, and many colors in navigating and noticing my own and other’s relationship and journey with God. I’m currently working on a…
The 5 Days of Christmas
We got home yesterday from five days in Vancouver, hence the 5 days of Christmas. How was Christmas? Well, my mom broke her wrist, had to have surgery, went home on Christmas day. Nate got a fever and had diarrhea for four days. What else? Our kids had wonderful attitudes, were kind, thankful, helpful, laughed…
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