Becky Bonham Spiritual Direction

11/18/2022

Hi everyone! It looks like my professional page went inactive for awhile - not sure why 🤔Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I did a few updates on my webpage - after a lengthy period of neglect. Hopefully I'll be able to update - and expand - over the coming year!

Also, I recently started a public Instagram page, called .wander.wrestle. I tend to be writing shorter posts there, since I'm *supposed* to be writing for school! Feel free to check it out and follow! (Link in comments)

Spiritual Direction and Blog with Becky Moritz Bonham: If you are looking for a place to explore ideas, ask questions, wrestle with the familiar, investigate the unknown, and to get to know yourself and God better, then welcome! This is sacred space, and you are safe here.

06/06/2021

"What would prayer sound like if it was used as a balm instead of a weapon?"

Have you ever had prayer used against you as a weapon, or feared it would be used that way?

05/13/2021

I met with my spiritual director today. The sunshine is lovely and so I started outside, but the birds' exuberant squawking was so loud I had to move inside so Nancy could hear me over the phone. 🐦 🎶 I started spiritual direction with Nancy over 15 years ago, because I needed help peeling back a few layers so I could figure out what going on behind the surface levels of my emotions and experiences. She has been such a faithful companion, journeying with me through the adventures and challenges of isolation, longing, motherhood, changing beliefs, vocation, and grief, among other things. She has met me with tenderness and wisdom, and pointed me toward joy, hope, and continued growth. Most of all, she has pointed out how God continues to show up in my life, even when I thought I was alone. So grateful for spiritual direction on my journey!

05/07/2021

Read more at https://www.beckymoritzbonham.com/post/what-job-knows-7-movements-of-those-who-suffer

05/04/2021

My part-two blog post has now turned into part-two-of-three! Here's the middle post. Job encountered great suffering, and while his friends accused, blamed, and shamed, he responded to his experience by creating his own choreography. Along the way, he encountered a deep knowing that guided his steps. Let's take a look at Job's wrestling moves!

In my previous post, I wrote about suffering and the unhelpful response of “painsplaining” – or trying to explain another’s pain. This attempt to find an “answer” to make sense of suffering leads only to more despair, self-doubt, or even to a denial of suffering altogether. In this post ...

05/01/2021

Can you identify with Job's 🙄? Or perhaps you've been the recipient of someone else's 🙄?

Check out Job's Anti-Painsplaining Tips at https://www.beckymoritzbonham.com/post/painsplaining-101

04/30/2021

Don't be a painsplainer!
My latest post - including Job's Anti-Painsplaining Tips!

In the hardest moments of our lives, when our suffering and loss shines brightest like a gaping wound, our voices break as we cry out with the question of “Why?” Why is this happening? Why me?? For those of us who believe God is in some way overseeing our lives, the questions behind the question...

03/12/2021

Normalize Good Enough!!

Read more about taming your perfectionism at https://www.beckymoritzbonham.com/post/the-artist-and-little-miss-what-the-hell