The Soulistry Blog

"Throwback Thursday" and telephones:  When I was a child living in Montreal, I remember we would call my mother's parents in Florida once a month and use an egg timer.  Yes, literally an egg timer - to make certain the phone call didn't go over our family's three...

People ache at the escalation of political deception and lies, racial inequity,  economic consequences, bullying, religious persecution, sexism, cultural confusion, injustice, hatred and more. Spirits grieve and minds shut down, holding on to beliefs without openness...

There she was ... strutting her stuff across the street ... looking oh-so-certain of her destination.  Then she stopped.  She didn't move  ... at all.   Camera in hand, I watched her  ... watching me. Ms. Black Cat and a quote ("A black cat crossing your path...

When chaos pervades may breaths be deep fears be released peace enfold hope sustain wisdom surface courage be given and boldness to face to confront to challenge replenish souls. Photo & Text © June Maffin www.soulistry.com www.soulistry.com/blog...

I almost missed them, but then I saw them.  "Hello there," I said ever so quietly. As I moved closer and looked at the baby swallows perched inside a rolled-up carpet in a friend's carport, they came closer and closer to the edge and looked back at me.  "Hello there,"...

I made a mistake and the words I’d written to a friend who made a mistake that proved to be financially and emotionally costly echoed in my own ear: “Take a deep breath. Stop dumping on yourself.  Realize that Every. Single. Person makes mistake.” To mark the first...

"Goldilocks" - who would have thought that playing with tjanting tools, wax, Procion dyes and Arches Text Wove paper for this birthday card for a lovely daughter-in-love recently reminded me of the children's "Goldilocks" story.  My brain - gives me chuckles at some...

Long before I knew him, our paths began to intersect.  Some call it "fate".  Some call it "co-incidence."  We called it "Divine Love." In Montreal, he and his family lived about three blocks away from my family.  In North Vancouver, he lived a few miles away from me. ...

Birthdays are supposed to be happy days ... times of celebration and memories that bring a smile to the face. While many can be described as 'happy' days ... not always. This year's birthday brought echoes ... echoes of words spoken that day by my husband's doctor:...

I smile a lot.   I can't help it. When I'm in the garden, I can feel a smile begin to form on my face as flowers bloom strawberries bear fruit, birds gift seeds and I wonder "what will you become, little seeds?" When I'm out for a walk, I can feel a smile begin to...

No reason. I didn't create Ms. DinoCritter for ... a reason ... or purpose ... or underscore a message.   I created her simply ... to play. Play with ... shapes and colours and new techniques. Play without ... care for the outcome. Play to ... do something other than...

The word 'love' is used a lot.  Even Facebook has an emoji to express love of a comment. But what is love? Poets have "waxed eloquent" about love for centuries: Elizabeth Barrett Browning spoke of loving to "the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"; 14th...

Author and theologian, Matthew Fox, writes: "Silence gives way for Spirit to arrive."  It leads me to ponder a possibility - a hope - a prayer. What if people unplugged from social media - just one hour less - than they were usually plugged in?  Just one hour. And...

“Don’t be surprised at the fiery ordeals taking place among you.”  Considering what has been happening in the world recently "fiery ordeal" seems to describe our situation well.  Fiery ordeals make me think of an eight letter word that begins with the letter “A” and...

We hugged at the top of the front porch steps. then, with a smile and a "Bye, Mom, I'm off!", he ventured down the steps and out to the sidewalk ... alone yet not alone ... I was three paces behind him ... to catch him if he fell ... to hug him if he felt afraid ......

My friend Regina, came to church today and the children openly welcomed her and didn't make fun of her large hands or strange-looking face or the fact that she wears a wig and has no hair because of the cancer treatments.  And then we sang Daniel Nahmod's "One Power."...

Welcome to this world, little one!  This world you've entered is big - very big!  It has trees and animals, plants and bugs, galaxies and planets, rivers and oceans, stars and suns, fish and flowers and people.   🙂 People who speak different languages ... and people...

Our spirit grieves. People ache at the terrorism, the escalation of economic consequences, the racial discrimination and inequity, the religious persecution, the political rhetoric, the misogyny, the emotional / physical and spiritual damage done by hatred.  Our...

a drive down a road not travelled brought discovery: a chair by the river that called and spoke "come, sit, rest, gaze, ponder, exhale-worry, question, dream, write, sketch, inhale-peace, feel, believe, *be*. bless-ed chair bless-ed trees bless-ed river bless-ed peace...

"How can terrible events happening around the world be seen from a spiritual perspective?" is not an easy question to answer, but perhaps an answer can begin to be found in the words of others. Hiding in an attic in the midst of anticipated discovery at any moment a...