Posts in spirituality

how to love your body

Photo by Anessa Arehart

Caress your skin with gentleness and awe. Feel your shape and take delight in it.

poems, spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyMay 4, 2022love your body, poemsComment

the reason

Everything does not happen for a reason. You are not to blame for the harm that has been done to you.

spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyMarch 10, 2022philosophy, coffee talks, theology Comment

in the in-between

The house where I spent most of my childhood didn’t have central air. I slept with my windows open and a loud box fan pointed toward my bed.

Most nights, I heard music in the fan. It sounded like a distant, ethereal orchestra. Sometimes, a dinner party.

spirituality, lifestyleLori-Lyn HurleyFebruary 23, 2022clairaudience, nonfiction, manuscript, auditory experience, wild devotion, patreonComment

my word for 2022

January has been a slow start. I’ve been in extreme hermit mode. I wasn’t even sure I was going to choose a guiding word for 2022, but then a word rose up and presented itself to me.

spirituality, lifestyleLori-Lyn HurleyJanuary 26, 2022beauty, creative living, video, sacred word, word of the year Comments

soft open

I’m moving slowly and gently into this new year, and healing from the inside out.

spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyJanuary 3, 2022new year, new moon, love, spirituality, patreon Comment

winter solstice

Being in a pandemic changes everything.

I listen to a handful of scientists - doctors and virologists - who I trust, as well as intuitive I trust, and according to what they’re saying, if we looked at Covid on a map, we’d be about halfway through it now, with the understanding that whatever is on the other side isn’t going to look like life before.

Sometimes that feels like too much.

spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyDecember 21, 2021winter solstice, energy, prayer, word of the year, open heartComment

sometimes a sign is a sign

One day I was walking along Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and stopped frozen in my tracks when I saw a sign on a telephone pole. The sign was advertising a group called Brooklyn Writers. In the days before Facebook events or Myspace, telephone pole flyers were a means of community communication. This is how we knew where bands were going to be playing or who had something for sale. The flyers had little rip off strips with phone numbers so you could call and find out about the thing.

spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyNovember 29, 2021patreon, signs Comments

an obsession with belief

I’ve always thought there was more to reality than what we are taught, and while it’s possible that my imagination has created experiences for me, led me to believe that what I wish to be true is true. It’s also possible that what we know of this world is just one tiny tip of the vastness that actually exists.

I’ve spent a lot of time in my life exploring this sort of thing.

It’s just where my thoughts go.

It’s the terrain I like to walk.

art, spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleyOctober 27, 2021writing, patreonComment

midnight mass

You could say Midnight Mass is about what happens when evil masquerades as good, but I think it’s more complex than that, and more relevant. At its core, it addresses who we are as humans experiencing life, the role faith and belief play in our existence, and ultimately, the nature of God. While it offers up some of the most horrifying theology I’ve ever witnessed, what is revealed in the final episodes is some of the most beautiful.

spirituality, lifestyleLori-Lyn HurleyOctober 13, 2021religion, film, reviews, spiritualityComment

this is a love story

I’m writing a book on Patreon. I’d love for you to join me.

spiritualityLori-Lyn HurleySeptember 28, 2021patreon, writing, creativity, spiritualityComment