Author Archives: Lisa Sorensen

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About Lisa Sorensen

I'm an architectural designer with a passion for exploring the stretch beyond, the lean toward what we yearn for.

Filling our Bowls

Posted on Thu 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

27 January 2016 Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.  You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.  Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, 1927 The topic of … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Ballast and Keel

Posted on Fri 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

22 January 2016 In Silence there is eloquence.  Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves. ~Rumi Quiet reflection, space to query and listen are a way to explore the values that matter deeply to me. This is not unproductive … Continue reading →

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Ballast and Keel

Posted on Wed 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

19 January 2016 Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers. ~Ester Buchholz It’s been raining in northern California, a … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Devotions

Posted on Sat 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

15 January 2016 What matters is that one of the ways we grow up is by declaring what we love.  ~Shauna Niequist, Bread and Wine After writing this week’s first post about creating intentions around the things I am devoted … Continue reading →

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Devotions

Posted on Wed 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

12 January 2016 And this is the core of the secret:  Attention is the beginning of devotion.  ~Mary Oliver As I wrote last week, I’ve been thinking about rhythms, the natural cycles that include periods of rest.  And, like many … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – A Rhythm with Repose

Posted on Sat 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

9 January 2016 Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go. ~Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Dance: Moving to the Rhythms of Your True Self … Continue reading →

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A Rhythm with Repose

Posted on Tue 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

5 January 2016 And as with prayer, which is a dipping of oneself toward the light, there is a consequence of attentiveness to the grass itself, and to the sky itself, and to the floating bird.  I too leave the … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Dots into Patterns

Posted on Fri 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

1 January 2016 For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.  ~T. S. Eliot There’s been a rich and layered expanse of time for me this week, a tangible feeling of it … Continue reading →

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Dots into Patterns

Posted on Tue 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

29 December 2015 The time is ripe for looking back over the day, the week, the year, and trying to figure out where we have come from and where we are going to, for sifting through the things we have … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – A Primary Nutrient

Posted on Thu 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

24 December 2015 And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,                          stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?           … Continue reading →

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