by Mary B Safrit | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health
If you’re new to these parts, you should know that I love talking about calling and direction. What is a calling? According to the googs, it’s, “a strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a vocation.” In the spiritual context, we would typically think of...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 22, 2022 | Relationships and Community
It was a Wednesday afternoon when I noticed the unread email pop up. The subject line read “Notification of Potential COVID Exposure.” I clicked on the email and read that someone who was sitting near me at an event had tested positive. I don’t think I would have...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 8, 2022 | Mental Health
I took exactly one creative writing class when I was in school. At the time, I was noodling in the world of music composition and songwriting. It seemed like a good idea to learn some things about writing words. That was how I wound up in Creative Writing my sophomore...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 1, 2022 | Mental Health
We were beginning to realize that the trail we were following was not, in fact, a trail. It was a trail in the sense that there was a worn divet of dirt cutting through the brush and fallen leaves. Was it an official trail leading to some sort of summit? As I stepped...
by Mary B Safrit | May 25, 2022 | The Creative Life
A “calling” is not like a paperclip, which is a physical object you can see and quantify. It’s a construct, a series of letters wrapped around an idea. Given that it also tends to be spiritual in nature, it also comes with a certain amount of interpretation. When I...
