Creative Musings from the Convent

The Attentive Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Proverbs 22:17-18 “Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have

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The Seeing Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “God does not see as humans see, humans see only appearances, but God sees into the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7 Inclusive Bible Translation) “You’re blessed when you get your inside world –

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The Searching Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections You will seek me and find me when you seek me wholeheartedly. (Jeremiah 29:13) O God you have come searching for me. You know me inside and out. So, God, search my

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The Waiting Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The October Anglican Church of Canada Calendar scripture reflection:    “Be patient, then brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop,

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The Listening Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “My children, if you heartily accept my words, and treasure my requirements, incline your ear to Wisdom, and take her truth to heart.” (Proverbs 2: 1-2 Inclusive Bible translation) In my experience

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An Open Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Thinking back to my first meditations around having an open heart, today I needed to think about what really happened when literally I experienced an open heart, in a sense was forced

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The Treasures of the Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Last week’s reflection of a good and noble heart opened the door to thinking more deeply about the role of the heart in our experiences. Despite quantum physics and other fields, we

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A Noble and Good Heart

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The September Anglican Church of Canada Calendar scripture reflection is “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and

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The Real Art of Conversation

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Sometime ago Sister Margaret Ruth, who is our librarian at the Convent, gave me a quote from a book she was reading that caused a smile and a chuckle at the profound

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You Got This! Be Your Best Today!

Sister Doreen’s Reflections One of the thoughts that came to mind to ponder when I thought about the remark ‘you got this’ was that it faces us with creative responsibility. We are not asked to

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