by Lynn Jericho | Mar 27, 2013 | Inner Festivals, Understanding Your Soul |
I find the events of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday the most complex, multi-layered, almost incomprehensible of Holy Days in the Christian Year. It overwhelms me as I experience myself within the Easter context. Last year I committed to...
by Lynn Jericho | Mar 25, 2013 | Inner Festivals, Sense of Self, Understanding Your Soul |
I am writing this post on the Christian Feast of Annunciation celebrating the moment the Archangel Gabriel told the young Mary she was favored by God and would bear his son, Jesus, who was to be the Savior of the world. Whether you hold this as doctrine, fiction, or...
by Lynn Jericho | Oct 1, 2012 | Inner Festivals, Sense of Self |
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” Rabbi Hillel born 110 BC Rabbi Hillel imparted these words two thousand years ago. They speak archetypal and universal self-inquiry. Part of being...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 4, 2012 | Inner Festivals, New Spiritual Practices, Understanding Your Soul |
The Last Supper, Gethsemane, and the Betrayal all take place on the first night of Passover between sunset and sunrise. Maundy Thursday asks us to enter the moods of the night — of darkness, loneliness and doubt. This is not easy to do, but easier than the mood of...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 3, 2012 | Inner Festivals, New Spiritual Practices |
Is it Universal? Beyond Christianity? How does Easter live in your heart each year? What is its meaning for you? How do you celebrate this holy time and holy story? I ask this question of all my readers, whether you are Christian or not. The Inner Year looks to the...
by Lynn Jericho | Dec 8, 2011 | Inner Festivals, Understanding Your Soul
Thanksgiving Leftovers Part of my growing edge and what I love about my work is waiting for my inspirations – the topics for a post that link the providing with the promoting. In the middle of last night, I woke up with today’s topic – Leftovers. I...
