Low Tide at Constellation Park
At my feet, sunlight shimmers off a small stream. My eyes follow its trickling over blue-gray rocks to the tide line low on the shore. Wind fills white sails on the Sound. Mountains rise hazy blue in the West. Children call and clamber on boulders that tumble to the...How To Reign In Your Wandering Nous
This post is adapted from my afternoon talk at the Bethany Presbyterian Church Women’s Retreat in April. Contemplative attention is simply the practice of paying attention, of being attentive in the moment, to the moment. It doesn’t require mountaintop...Medusa Has A Headache (Part Four): Three Ways to Be 25% Happier
This is part four of a talk I gave at the Bethany Presbyterian Church women’s retreat in April. The retreat was called “The Unforced Rhythms of Grace,” and we focused on living a contemplative life in the midst of a connected culture. (If you missed...Medusa Has A Headache (Part Three): How Gratitude Saved My Life
At the end of April, I had the privilege of co-leading, with my dear friend Susan Forshey, the women’s retreat at my church, Bethany Presbyterian. The retreat was called “The Unforced Rhythms of Grace,” and we focused on living a contemplative life...K.C. IRETON
K.C. Ireton is a writer and teacher. The author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis, she lives near Seattle with her husband and four school-aged children. She is a lover of books, gardens, and tea. Also, Oxford commas.