Katie Rea’s Writings
“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
Our inner life shapes our outer journey. This truth echoes through Gandhi’s words, inviting us to notice how the smallest movements of the soul become the path we walk.
Writings
The Royal Cross: A Quarterly Magazine of the Order of the Daughters of the King.
Finding Our Voice: Listening, Witnessing, and the work of Clarity in the Order, page 12. An exploration of how attentive presence helps us discern and claim our true voice.
Unexpected Lessons of Grief from a Disney Movie, page 8, *Anna correction. A gentle reflection on how a Disney film unexpectedly illuminated the quiet, complicated movements of grief through Anna’s journey.
Sacred Moments: Living the Vows That Called Me, page 7. A reflection on the sacred work of honoring the commitments that shape our spiritual path.
Bearing Fruit Far From Home, page 16. A message on the surprising fruit that emerges when God calls us into new and unfamiliar spaces.
My blog posts by topic:
- Dreamwork
- Health and Wellness
- Reading/Books
- Self-help/Encouragement
- Spiritual Direction/Religion
- Travel
- writing
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Can Spiritual Direction Cross Religious Traditions?
“To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us closer to the mystery of our existence where all questions cease.” ~Henri Nouwen By Katie Rea — spiritual director, writer, and companion for those listening deeply to life as it is. When I…
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Finding Focus: The Struggle of Distractions in Daily Tasks
By Katie Rea — spiritual director, writer, and companion for those listening deeply to life as it is. Has anyone else experienced a day like this? I sat down at my desk and looked at my list of to‑do items. Ironically, it was a list I had forgotten I even wrote. It was my attempt…
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A Christmas Vacation Rooted in History
This year, for the first time, my husband, my parents, and I took a Christmas vacation. Usually, if we do travel, it’s to Chattanooga, Tn, to see my family. Or, they come to Nashville to see us. Mom and I made plans to do something unique this year. Christmas Eve was spent with our high…
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Light in the Darkness
“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” ~Psalm 27:1 I’ve had unsettling dreams the past few nights. In each one, I found myself in arguments with loved ones. Some felt like flashbacks to real conflicts from years past, while others were entirely fictional. Yet each time I woke, I carried…
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Lessons from ‘Liar Liar’: Embracing Truth in Our Lives
I’ve been sick lately, which means my days have been reduced to the basics: eat, sleep, watch movies, and if I feel up to it, read. Mostly, though, it’s been me curled up on the couch with a blanket and a film. The other day, I was watching Liar Liar. Now, for someone who doesn’t…
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