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NOTE: This is the last content email you’ll receive in your inbox from my website. To continue receiving my blog and more, please sign up as a free subscriber on my new Substack page. Dear readers, I’m writing to let you know about some exciting changes happening regarding my Process of Illumination blog. If you’ve been reading my POI posts for a while, you might have noticed a shift in …

Practical Ministry Podcast Episode 3: Dealing with Burnout

NOTE: If the audio player is not visible, please click on the subject title to listen from the original post :) EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to the ‘Practical Ministry’ segment of the Born to Fly Podcast. In Episode 3 (originally aired on January 20th, 2023, Tracy B. Richards, a Marketplace Minister, Wedding Officiant/Marriage Mentor, and Solopreneur candidly shares her inspiring journey of overcoming burnout and discovering alignment with God’s will. Join …

Who Is Jesus?

Greetings friends! In the spirit of cultivating and contributing to a more authentic Christmas experience, I’m sharing this excellent short video about who Jesus is. It’s important to watch, regardless of your beliefs or worldview because I believe that, as I was, many people are either confused or had some misunderstandings about Jesus. This video addresses the most common questions we have about Jesus and I recommend it to everyone who is …

Divine Movement… Can you feel it?

Dear friends and followers… I am so grateful for those of you who have found my blog and my corresponding posts to be helpful, entertaining or inspiring over the past several years. As the title of my blog indicates, what is enclosed herein is, in fact, a documentation of my personal ‘Process Of Illumination’ and, therefore, I feel it’s important to let you know that I’ve experienced a very significant …

What I Learned About Dating (Part One): Your Degree Of Success Is Directly Related to How Ready You Are

Today’s entry is somewhat of a hybrid between a blog post and a draft of a chapter of my book. When I last posted, I mentioned that my book will be a series of essays about my personal experience and what I’ve learned on a variety of subjects. I plan to set it up in terms of topics, inspired by one of my favorite books: The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran. …

AWE-some Days

The timing of this week’s post happens to fall during the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Jewish day of atonement) which are referred to as The Days of Awe. I did not actually know that this period was called that until one of my friends shared it at our Rosh Hashanah dinner on Monday night. I wanted to know more, so I …

Aligning With Our Soul’s Purpose… What Miracles May Come!

This week’s post will be short(ish)… and a day late, too, apparently :) Friday night, August 14th: It’s been a very busy week and I’m feeling pretty drained and not entirely well. It became clear to me yesterday that I need to take a break and recharge. A lot of wonderful and powerful things are going on and there is some serious momentum building. I feel very strongly and intuitively …

Breaking Free… After Seventeen Years

This weekend, two of my closest and dearest friends, Jen & Simon, are releasing their new CD “Fate Line” with their amazing band, Jen Schaffer & The Shiners. This event is something that I wanted to write about this week because, not only do I want to promote their band, their new CD and their CD release party (tonight, Saturday November 15th, 8:00pm at The Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St, …

Take a Breath and Fall In

March 22, 2013 Sometime this past summer, when I was faced with a challenging event in my life, I found that my trusted coping mechanisms were gone. When it was necessary for me to pause, take a deep breath and try to bounce back as usual, I realized that, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t.  Very suddenly and unexpectedly, I had reached my threshold of what I …