Let time be a container that holds everything together.

  • One Way to Belong to Time

  • One Experiment for Curiosity

  • One Rhythm to Explore

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A Contemplative Practice from Charlotte Donlon and Spiritual Direction for Belonging™.

Feel scattered? Disconnected? Want to repair your relationship with time?

Join Charlotte in an experiment to work with time instead of against it using the One Quote + One Note + One Question entries below.

Let’s see how this unfolds over time.

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Charlotte Donlon’s writing and work are always rooted in helping her readers, audience, and clients notice how art and other good things help them belong to themselves, others, the divine, and the world. Charlotte is the founder of Thoughtful Books Etc.™, One O’Clock Central, Spiritual Direction for Writers® , Spiritual Direction for Belonging™, and Parenting with Art™. Her first book was The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. Her next book on Spiritual Direction for Writers will be published by Eerdmans in 2024 or 2025. Charlotte’s essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and a certificate in spiritual direction. To receive Charlotte’s latest updates, news, announcements, and all kinds of good things, subscribe to Thoughtful Readers Etc. + Five Good Things.