Comments on: Becoming Ourselves

By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 01:02:00 +0000

Thank you, Nancy! It is glorious and humbling to realize (in every sense of the word) that Divine Spark and stop shuttering it out…or in.

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By: Nancy Ruegg

Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:43:00 +0000

As I read along through your post, Kimberlee, I kept saying, “Wow!” at the beauty of your words, and “Yes! Yes!” because you expressed my heart for writing and the desire to be useful with my words. And I so appreciate the reminder that the Divine Spark is still igniting our souls so we can shine, too. Glorious! Humbling. Thank you for being a God-bearer, Light-bearer, and Love-bearer to us, your readers.

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 20:10:00 +0000

Oh bless you, Helena. I like the image of my words stenciled on a wall somewhere in Tennessee “We do not make more of God by making less of man.” That is stencil-worthy, too, and I’m copying it straight into my journal.

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By: Helena Sorensen

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:50:00 +0000

Kimberlee. This is so beautiful, so moving. God breathing on our glory, fanning that ember cloaked in ash-that’s an image that I hold very dear. We do not make more of God by making less of man. Thank you for writing this. I’d like to stencil it on my wall. Happy New Year!

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:48:00 +0000

Jeanne! Thanks for stopping by! “Writing from the ache” captures it pretty exactly. And I join you in that prayer to find the balance between silence and noise, contemplation and writing that is life-giving for us and for our readers.

I have no doubt our paths will cross again. Maybe even soon! xo to you, too

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:45:00 +0000

Wow, Kel. I did not know that, about my being one of the first bloggers you followed. I’m more honored than I can say and so grateful that you’ve kept coming back even when I haven’t. Thank you.

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By: Kel Rohlf

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:08:00 +0000

Thank you… for listening to God, for your writing and for posing questions…all good for my soul…our collective souls…I am glad you are back…you were one of the first bloggers I followed and am glad that you and Jody have collaborated to rally us writer souls to the table!

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By: Jeanne Damoff

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 15:57:00 +0000

This is lovely, Kimberlee, and resonates deeply with me. Sometimes it seems words are the only way to possess the depths — soaking before beauty and then writing from the ache. And yet, like you, I hesitate to add to the noise. May we find the balance that allows us to “become holy ground, God-bearers, Light-bearers, Love-bearers” — our true, sacramental selves. Thank you for this.

Love, Jeanne

P.S. It was such a delight to visit with you in Seattle! Hopefully our paths will cross again soon. xo

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:58:00 +0000

Oh, Jody, I love you so much. Thank you for these words of encouragement. I receive them with gratitude and joy.

I wanted to include Hopkins’ poem in its entirety (but I know not everyone loves him the way we do). The whole post is really a riff on it.

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By: Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:56:00 +0000

Yes, Michelle, I see that in you so clearly–the way you create beauty wherever you go and how you look for God in the midst of, well, everything!

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