The Common  Awakening Weekly Blog

By Annmarie Early

Over the years if you invited me to your house you risked having me move your furniture around. I’m not joking.  I would offer, at times boldly and at others...

By Annmarie Early

I caught a stomach bug the other day and was flat out in bed—grounded from the full day ahead that I “thought” I needed to engage.  It caught me by surprise...

By Annmarie Early

They’ve come back to me like lightening—the stories of Jesus that I learned of long ago.  Biblical stories of events that were once only on paper came alive in my...

By Annmarie Early

Bella felt her first—the hawk that inhabits the wooded park near my house—sitting proudly on the branch just above our head. I was deep in listening to the guidance I...

By Annmarie Early

It’s constant—the ticker tape sound of the mind running on autopilot just beyond my awareness.  Oh, yes, at times it is very noticeable with its judgments and...

By Annmarie Early

Jesus spent 40 days being severely tested in a true desert near his home.  Without food and water, exposed to the harsh elements, he faced the tasks set before him—the...

By Annmarie Early

They are like pathways or channels, the force that carries you into a landscape either wanted or unwanted. “Be in the world but not of the world” captures a bit...

By Annmarie Early

Ego surrender is letting go. Not the letting go of a whispered, gentle goodbye but rather the abandon that overtakes you once there is no turning back.  I liken it to a...

By Annmarie Early

I’ve always had a desire to treasure hunt—to search for a hidden gem tucked away amidst the forgotten or long since buried.  As a child, it compelled me up into...