Following Spirit

As we move through the wilderness of this Lenten season, may we be mindful of the presence of a loving God with us along the journey and the breath of the Holy Spirit leading us.

This meditation is a practice of grounding and centering in the present moment mindful of how the Holy Spirit is the one leading us into the wilderness season.

This episode is an expanded offering of the Ash Wednesday sermon preached 2020. It breaks down the invitation to a holy Lent and the life giving, transformative potential of self examination with a loving God.

Author, professor, and fellow Episcopalian Brené Brown explains well that belonging is not about fitting in, saying the right things, believing the “right” things, wearing the right clothes to fit in. This has nothing to do with true belonging. Belonging is showing up as the child of God we are with all our quirks and brilliance, our idiosyncrasies and nuance, so that we get the opportunity to be...

This episode opens with a 10m meditation to practice being with God’s grace and receiving it. Then it moves into expanded thoughts on receiving grace on Christmas, through Christmastide, and through the entire year.

This 12 minute meditation is a loving kindness meditation offering an opportunity to receive blessings for yourself, receive Divine loving kindness, and extend loving kindness to the world by the grace of God.

This episode shares thoughts about the Scripture readings from Advent Four highlighting how when we resolve to take actions in our lives outside the will of God, God can restore us to His will and redeem our lives. We are called as Christians to discern the voice of God in our lives by practicing being with God, spending time with God. Blessings on your final days of Advent!

This meditation brings to mind a situation that makes you fearful, anxious and/or unsettled. Noticing and being with the physical sensations, emotions and thoughts present when you’re mindful of fear, anxiety, unsettledness. Then we welcome the presence of a loving God to be with us and notice any shifts or changes in our physical sensations, emotions and thoughts. This meditation makes room to no...

This meditation is designed to center and ground you in the third week of advent which has the theme *joy*. We grow joy in our lives by mindfully practicing gratitude.

This episode is about Christian joy as we anticipate the coming of the Lord and all the ways The Light will full our lives and the world. It also discusses how we can grow joy in our lives by intentionally practicing gratitude.

This is an 10 minute loving kindness meditation to center yourself in offering love, kindness and compassion to yourself and someone in your life whether that be a child, pet, relative or friend. It simply needs to be someone for whom you care.

Designed for the season of Advent to assist in preparing for the coming of the Lord.

The second week of Advent calls us to prepare for the Coming of the Lord. A way to prepare is giving space for our hearts to share whatever is getting in the way or receiving God’s love and light anew.

This 10 minute meditation is designed to help you ground and center in the present moment by way of anchoring in the breath or sound. In coming back to your chosen anchor over and over again, you’re coming home to God’s presence with you- within you and around you which is always with you. You’re also staying awake to the present moment being with whatever arises and falls away. In doing this you...

This episode shares about the season of Advent specifically addressing the theme of waiting. Though this is a large theme of the season, there is much wisdom to lift regarding waiting and applying it to every season of our lives.

This episode is an extended version of the blogpost @ Carolinevogel.com. This episode shares a bit about how I came to mindfulness in the first place in addition to a few of the gifts it’s offer long my life which are proving to be fake changers.