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"What is your deepest desire?" the nun asked
Desires, fixations, delusions, and the true call of your heart
Apr 15
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Heidi Haverkamp
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January 2024
The Secret Life of Our Little Free Library
Thoughts about giving things away for free
Jan 29
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December 2023
Advent Unknowing
Last summer, I tried to write another Advent book. I’d been reading the mystical medieval work The Cloud of Unknowing -- for the first time, it was…
Dec 15, 2023
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October 2023
"How long can this place last?"
Monastery decline, church decline, grief, grace
Oct 31, 2023
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July 2023
Back From a Buddhist Silent Retreat
Last week, I went on a five-day meditation retreat with some Buddhists from Ohio at a retreat center near Muncie, Indiana. Who knew that Muncie was a…
Jul 27, 2023
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April 2023
Does She Live in a House in the Woods?
On hermit houses, suburban houses, and a homebody vocation
Apr 3, 2023
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January 2023
The Joy of Being Silly
Some red hearts and pink cookies can be good for the soul - and the whole world
Jan 31, 2023
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November 2022
A Spirituality of Homesickness
Last month, on a road trip, I left my wallet at a maple syrup stand in Western Massachusetts. I didn’t realize this until we were 100 miles away. But my…
Nov 17, 2022
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September 2022
A Big Empty Room and the Holy Spirit
Last month, I tried to visit the library at the local mainline seminary. When I walked in . . . the room was empty. No books. No shelves. All gone! But…
Sep 9, 2022
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June 2022
The Hopeful Power of Pausing for a Moment
On a hot and sunny Saturday last month, I went to an art fair. There was a small town of white pop-up tents with a hundred fifty artists, sharing…
Jun 9, 2022
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April 2022
Shopping, Fasting, and the Middle Way
A check-in on my attempt to buy no new stuff from New Year's until Easter
Apr 13, 2022
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Heidi Haverkamp
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February 2022
Hermit Rules for Lenten Disciplines
Once upon a time, there was an African hermit who, without really intending to, became the abbot of a bunch of other hermits out in the Egyptian desert…
Feb 22, 2022
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