Gathering Blessings: Experience Divine, published in "Around the Fire" June 25, 2018

Gathering Blessings: Experience Divine, published in "Around the Fire" June 25, 2018

In August 1997, Sherry Morgan was introduced to Ojibwa elder Carolyn Oliver, who became her teacher for a year. Carolyn taught Sherry a form of prayer that transformed her life: she was no longer consumed by negative thoughts and began to experience loving connection with the living world around her. Around the Fire recently caught up with Sherry to learn more about her ongoing journey with prayer.

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Gathering Medicine

Gathering Medicine

In August 1997, I had the great good fortune to be introduced to an Ojibwa elder by the name of Carolyn Oliver. She became my teacher for a year.

On the day we met, after interrogating me for about an hour, Carolyn gave me some teachings indoors then we walked to a park where she introduced me to a format for prayer. I was to offer these prayers outside in nature twice daily - in the mornings before sunrise and in the evenings before going to bed.

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