• About Me
  • What I’m reading/listening to
  • Julie’s Latest
  • Contact Me

Julie Henkener - Integrating Toward a Wholly Life

  • Welcome
  • Art Gallery
  • About Me
  • Julie’s Blog
  • Recommendations
  • Contact

change

Constant Movement of Life

Constant Movement of Life

Jan 21, 2025

Constant Movement of life, Breath of ever-changing being, Holy One, forming and transforming continually— This dancing world is Your Body, This evolving world is Your being flung forth; Let me trust the changing of my own life, For I have become a stranger in a strange land. In the disappearance of the familiar           Let me recognize the mystery of Your transforming dance; In the preponderance of the untried          Let me accept the challenge of your unfolding newness; In the absence of old friends          Let me discover the presence of the human circle;                In the landscape of the strange           Let...

Six Month Threshold Update

Six Month Threshold Update

Sep 10, 2022

Last updated: July 28, 2026 I posted about this threshold/transition of mine back in December, when everything was still pending and I was impatient to get moving. You can read about it here.  One thing I wrote is, “This letting go of the life I have built in Houston for the past 32 years will surely be challenging, but I trust that it will make room for new friends and experiences.” And indeed, this is coming to pass, perhaps a little more slowly than I would like, but still.  There are so many things to be grateful for here, and...

Liminal Threshold Process

Liminal Threshold Process

Dec 5, 2021

Last updated: July 28, 2026 Sometimes change is our choice and sometimes it isn’t, but either way, change always comes.  You can call it change or transition or a crossing or adjustment or a turning point or relocating or course correction or passage or a shift or movement, and if it’s really big, you can call it conversion or progress or metamorphosis or transformation. However, I am calling what I’m experiencing now a “liminal threshold process.”  I suppose “liminal” and “threshold” are somewhat redundant, and “process” might be obvious, but nevertheless, that’s what I am calling it. An interesting and...

Newsletter

Most Popular Posts

Here are the most popular posts from the last 30 days.

  • Prayer Against Envy and Jealousy 608 views
  • Assumption of Hairy Mary 143 views
  • Resurrection Art Iconography 119 views
  • Prayer for the Universe 78 views
  • Karankawa Indians in Texas 61 views
  • The People Who Walked in Darkness – Matthew 4:12-17 59 views
  • Emmaus Presence – Luke 24:13-36 52 views
  • Three Models of Lectio Divina 48 views
  • The Apocalypse is Here 43 views
  • Acrylic monoprint, copyright © Julie Henkener, made to go with quote by Amma Theodora (fourth century.) Amma Theodora 42 views
  • Umiltà of Faenza 36 views
  • Acrylic monoprint, copyright © Julie Henkener, made to go with quote by Catherine of Siena. Catherine of Siena – On Perseverance 32 views
  • Mary of Egypt 32 views
  • Black Madonnas Matter 30 views
  • The Figure 8 – Ebb & Flow 30 views

Categories

  • Abstract Art (19)
  • Acrylic Monoprints (24)
  • Art (53)
  • balance (15)
  • Bible verses (15)
  • Book Reviews (10)
  • Climate Change (7)
  • Current Events (14)
  • feminism (11)
  • Food (1)
  • History (32)
  • Holidays (5)
  • Indigenous People (3)
  • Madonna (3)
  • Mary (2)
  • Mary Magdalene (5)
  • Music (15)
  • NASA (6)
  • New Testament (13)
  • New York (7)
  • Old Testament (6)
  • Prayer (27)
  • psychology (3)
  • Quotes (17)
  • Saints (15)
  • Spirituality (67)
  • Travel (14)
  • Women (45)

Tags

19th Amendment advent African Americans art art history Carrie Chapman Catt change chanting chaos commentary courage Easter fear feminism food hardware hipster history holidays homily iconography Jesus lectio divina light Mary Magdalene NASA New York Nuns O Antiphons peace prayer prayer against violence reflection Religious Women Resurrection sermon slavery Spirituality travel vespers video-2 waiting women Women's History Womens Suffrage

Contact Me

Welcome. Please use this contact form to send me a message.

Send
Never miss a post by subscribing to my occasional mailing list. Subscribe Here

  All text and original artwork copyright © Julie Henkener 2026.