Tag Archives: vocation

For She Will Hide Me

Posted on February 26, 2017 by anyushka

I haven’t written anything particularly ‘introspective’ about vocation in some time… Perhaps it’s the winter, inner and outward hibernation… Waiting…  I still will not be writing much, so perhaps this is just noticing that there have been new things, surprising changes… … Continue reading →

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Coming Home?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by anyushka

For quite a while now, and for the first time since I left Germany, I have been feeling homesick. And I have this voice in me that says, “I want to go home. Please, can I go home now?”  It’s a … Continue reading →

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Wanting What God Wants

Posted on January 9, 2015 by anyushka

“What God asks of us is a will which is no longer divided between Him and any creature. It is a will pliant in His hands which neither seeks nor rejects anything, which wants without reserve whatever He wants and … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Way?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by anyushka

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33  I’m still thinking about my last post, “What’s Wonderful?”, or at least pondering the state of my mind and heart in writing that. … Continue reading →

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I Want You to Know Me

Posted on October 1, 2014 by anyushka

  I want you to know me/ so I tell you to open the way for others/ before there is anything to see/ before you are able at all/ before you even agree   I want you to have faith … Continue reading →

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Keep the Feast

Posted on October 1, 2014 by anyushka

  in the middle of nowhere/   I pray for you/ bless you and break you/ then you are shared/ then you are food/ then you are fed/   I pray for you/ bless you and break you/ then they … Continue reading →

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I Ask Where Home Is

Posted on October 1, 2014 by anyushka

  I ask where home is/ and you answer/ Here with me/ you even handed me the keys/ and while you wait/ with the table prepared/ candles lighted/ slow steam rising with tantalising scents/ flowers to draw the eye in … Continue reading →

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Where Are We…

Posted on September 29, 2014 by anyushka

…on the whole religious life discernment thinking? While I am still sifting through all the things that come up to tell me it’s all nonsense and don’t I have anything better to do – no, nothing’s changed. I still want … Continue reading →

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things you are passionate about…

Posted on August 13, 2014 by anyushka
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On Being Unconventional IV

Posted on August 10, 2014 by anyushka

It has been the story of my life that the more I knew my own truth, the more I tried to live my truth faithfully, and the more open and trusting my relationship with God became – the less I … Continue reading →

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