Katie Rea’s Blog
I am currently continuing my education in Spiritual Direction with the goal to help others grow in their well-being and faith. The desire to write has been with me since childhood, and I feel it is time for me to get back to basics. My previous ten years of employment involved social work in the healthcare sector and non-profit work with the homeless and those going through recovery. The overlap of these two different fields had a commonality: helping people analyze their current situations and helping them realize healthier life choices were within their reach.
“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
MA Religion from Trevecca University – Nashville
BA Communications/ Minor English Writing and Composition from University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
Certificate of Continuing Education from Education for Ministry (EfM)
Vice-President, Diocese of Tennessee: The Order of the Daughters of the King
Vice-President, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Chapter, The Order of the Daughters of the King, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church-Nashville
For more information of the Order of the Daughters of the King feel free to also visit the national page: The Order of the Daughters of the King, Inc. (doknational.org)
“The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.”
Thomas à Kempis
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Being with God Versus Doing for God
“It’s not what you do for God; it’s what God has done for you. You switch from trying to love God to just letting God love you. And it’s at that point you fall in love with God.” Richard Rohr Richard Rohr’s daily meditations arrive in my inbox. He is a favorite author of mine,…
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Books of Wisdom
In our book club, we each get a turn to choose a book to share with the group. Despite my private feeling of the books-did I like it or not? – there is wisdom which can be found in its pages. Books can have heart and soul, irrepressible truth and lessons of love. I felt…
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Seeking a Relationship with God, the Source of Living Water
“Everyone needs thirty minutes of prayer a day, except when they are busy. Then they need an hour.” -St. Francis de Sales I felt the Holy Spirit stirring me to write about a devotion I listened to earlier this week. For the Lenten season, I’m participating in the Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge for…
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The Crutch of Perfectionism
“When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!” — Brené Brown When life gets tough or interesting, I write in a journal. I came across a prayer fifteen years ago which solved a current dilemma. I have years’ worth of journals I have kept and occasionally review…
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The Benefits of Silent Retreats
“All the wonders of life are already here. They’re calling you. If you can listen to them, you will be able to stop running. What you need, what we all need, is silence. Stop the noise in your mind in order for the wondrous sounds of life to be heard. Then you can begin to…
In Thought, Word & Deed 
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