My Thoughts, Words & Deeds

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.

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  • Be Careful Not to Quell the Creativity

    Posting this article again as it is one of my favorites that I have written. Enjoy!

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  • A Sacred Conversation with Rabbi Rami Shapiro

    I recently had a wonderful opportunity to sit with Rabbi Rami Shapiro at a writer’s mixer in Murfreesboro, TN. There was a sense of sacred expectation as I had read his book on forgiveness in my spiritual direction coursework. Additionally, Wisdom Tree Collective used his book The World Wisdom Bible as a focus in our…

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  • Finding Awe in Ordinary Moments

    “Pay attention to what you pay attention to.” ~Amy Krouse Rosenthal My pursuit of new skills started as a healthy habit. Now? It’s a full-blown addiction to workshops. I crave the learning, the new ideas, and the chance to grow. A recent workshop also sparked a memory of an unexpected moment of awe. I rediscovered a…

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  • The Ministry of Simply Being There

    I walked through the maze of hallways and corridors of the hospital. Despite my recent familiarity with the hospital, I still had a bit of trouble navigating my way to the ICU room. I passed beeping monitors and harried nurses, disoriented not just by the building, but by the heaviness of what awaited me. Hope…

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  • The Gospel According to Fast Food

    The angry yells of a customer were heard throughout Arby’s. A car in the drive through lane was not happy at their order and the cashier at the window was getting the brunt of the verbal onslaught. The manager came forward to try to de-escalate the situation, but the opposite happened and then the cursing…

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4 responses to “My Thoughts, Words & Deeds”

  1. Bon chance!

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  2. Wonderful post, Katie! Thank you.

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    1. Thank you! I appreciate you!

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