Beloved & Becoming
Beloved & Becoming is a space about remembering who you truly are—deeply loved, radically free, and always unfolding.
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The Work We Make That Changes Us (opens the original)
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The more I make art, write, and do what I do to contribute beauty in the world around me, it becomes continuously more clear that while you think you are doing or making one thing, there is always something else simmering beneath the surface.You think you were writing a book, or painting a picture, making a record, or building a business, raising a child, or just trying to become a decent human being. But underneath the creation at hand, the invisible is simultaneously happening.As we create, we
An Excerpt From My New Book (opens the original)
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The following is a small excerpt from my forthcoming book, Born Beloved, coming out on September 30th. You can pre-order here. After I sold my coffee company, my ego unraveling began. What looked like a strategic business move from the outside felt internally like an act of survival. For years, my ego had convinced me that the company was my source of value, so when I let it go, I lost not just a title but an identity I had created for myselfI entered a full-blown crisis, not knowing who I truly
a quick blessing (opens the original)
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“God is not interested in our success but in our aliveness.” — Howard Thurman<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="557" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2668!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive
From my impending book (opens the original)
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Here is a quick little excerpt from my new book, Born Beloved, coming out Sept. 30.You can pre-order it here. When it comes to the stories that form us, the starting point matters. The soil in which one plants a seed will impact its eventual growth and flourishing or its ultimate demise. The genesis of these soul-shaping stories deserves more attention and careful regard than we are used to giving them.For those who grew up in the Christian tradition, one of the most formative stories comes at t
Behold God Beholding You & Smiling (opens the original)
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“Behold God beholding you… and smiling.”This profound phrase, often attributed to the 14th-century mystic Julian of Norwich, echoed by contemplatives like Anthony de Mello and Father Greg Boyle, draws us back to the foundaitonal truth of healthy spirituality: that God looks upon us not with judgment, but with deep delight.To sit with this idea is to allow ourselves to be seen through the lens of Divine tenderness. Not as a project to be fixed, nor a disappointment to be endured. But as someone u
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