A Memory from September 2020 and My Continued Hope
Many things have changed over the past year, but this hope and prayer continue.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Fourteen)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Fourteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Thirteen)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Thirteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Twelve)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Twelve of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Eleven)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Eleven of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Ten)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Ten of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Nine)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Nine of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Eight)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Eight of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Seven)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Seven of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Six)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Six of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Five)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Five of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Four)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Four of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Three)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Three of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter Two)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Two of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Chapter One)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about the first chapter for her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreVideo Series: Behind the Scenes with The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (Foreword and Introduction)
Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about the foreword and introduction for her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreWhy Art Can Help Us Heal from Our Pandemic Loneliness
Most people struggle with different forms of loneliness under typical circumstances. When Covid-19 caused quarantines and closings and strange new ways of life, many people experienced even greater degrees of isolation. Before the pandemic, I knew art helped me feel less alone. During the pandemic, various forms of art were balms to my lonely soul in ways I had never noticed. And as I move out of pandemic time into whatever we'll call what happens next, I know art will help me feel more connected to myself, others, and the world.
Read MoreWhen You Notice Beautiful People, Places, and Things
When I have a day like today, a month like this month, I’m blown away by the beautiful people, places, and things in this city that invite me into deeper belongings with myself, others, God, and the world.
Read MoreClarifying Our Callings and How I Created a Corner of My Own
In this post which was originally shared via an email for my newsletter subscribers, I share why it’s good to focus on the foundations of vocational callings, include a visual diagram that can help you clarify your vocational callings, provide a few ideas for creating a writing corner, and ask for a favor. I hope reading this will provide some ideas that will help you in your faith and your creative work and/or lead you to other ideas that might be helpful.
Read MoreArt, Faith, and Belonging: Why the Process Matters
This week I decided to share something on Twitter and Instagram that I’ve already told several spiritual direction clients who are writers. It applies to all kinds of artists. It applies to non-artists, too, but is there anyone out there who isn’t an artist in some form or fashion? (That’s probably a topic that needs its own post.)
Anyway, the concept I describe can apply to any role we have. I’m sharing it here too in case you didn’t see me tweet it or post it on Instagram this week.
Are you ready? Here goes…
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