Admission: I've been running in circles lately, a lot. This due to a particularly large load of projects and challenges to work through....

Over the many years I've been privileged to be an instrument of healing in people's lives, I've seen my share of miracles: the cancerous...

So often, we go to a great workshop or have an epiphany, or experience something profoundly spiritual, and then in the ensuing days...

It’s an ancient tale, the story of birth from darkness into light. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the Coast Salish people tell the story...

A few weeks ago, after an out of town job, I tucked into a bar on a local bay for warmth, and to write the following…. Gray is the color...

I love looking out my front window right now: The Japanese maple is in full red orange flare, across the street, frisky deer flirt. It's...

Immigration. The word conjures up images of people in transit: People on buses or boats. Desperate faces. Hopeful looks. Crammed bodies...

A time and place for common decency This morning I am in deep gratitude for the fact that the great majority of social media comments...

Troubled world = opportunity to send love I glanced over at my honey, Jim, as he read the Sunday paper. Sighing, a comment issued forth...

It's challenging to not take on the grief of the world and let it bog us down. Overwhelmed by the enormity of problems in our life and...

I picked up the paper and saw some good news on the front page for a change... A local company had invented and was about to manufacture...

It hasn't been for my entire adult life that I've admitted I see auras. No. For quite some time after the initial shock seeing this way,...

Note: I was prompted to write the following essay because of an event I recently witnessed involving a so-called Mexican shaman...

Long story, but maybe instructive to sensitive souls: Some of you may know that last night I felt very unwell. All of a sudden, on a...

Listen up sensitive soul, this is important. I know you feel inconsequential, overwhelmed, unable to cope with the tsunami of feelings,...

I finally did it. I uploaded--with pictures--Notes From the Road of Life--a Spiritual Journey Through Life's Travails onto Kindle. You...

Why I do rituals... An admiring student said it with a smile: "Elke, I love the way you drop and pray." Now, she didn't mean that I drop...

It was a sunny day, and I needed fresh air and a break from paperwork, so I walked to a sweet event called the Art of Gardening. Mind...

The zebra slippers are comfy looking aren't they? And the scene looks peaceful: tea cup filled, pen poised, window looking out on distant...

Go ahead and expect the unexpected. Really. You'll be better off for it. Mind you, you can make long and short term plans--a person has...

Saturday morning was mid-winter dark, with a cold fog settled in overnight. I was up early to get ready to teach my 8:00 AM Zumba...

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Waiting in the ferry line after a retreat with hubby, Phone rang, and I saw an unfamiliar phone number from a familiar area code, and...

Dear Waters of the world, I am sorry. Please forgive my people. I send you healing. Thank you. I love you. So the truth is, I do not have...