One Quote + One Note + One Question January 9, 2024
One Quote
Inhabiting a posture of curiosity helps us know the fullness of God’s presence in our daily rhythms, relationships, vocations, and more.
- Charlotte Donlon
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One Note
Curiosity is great for so many things, but becoming more curious about the presence of God and absence of God and perceived absence of God has transformed my faith over the past 10 years or so.
I have a million thoughts about how curiosity changes us over time, but I need to go write for a couple of hours.
Until next time,
Charlotte
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One Question
How has your curiosity transformed you over the past 10 years?
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One Statement about My Faith That I Share When I Write about My Faith Here
I'm a Christian, but I am not pushy about issues connected to faith and spirituality. I want my readers, clients, and broader audience to know I'm a progressive contemplative Christian, and several of my spiritual direction clients come from other (or zero!) faith traditions. Many people aren't even sure what they believe.
My primary goal for One O'Clock Central--and all of my work--is to help people notice how they belong to themselves, others, and the world. This exploration of belonging to time is a sort of soulful noticing common to all humans regardless of one's faith tradition or lack thereof.
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.