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Slamming Doors, Punching Walls
We don’t teach meditation to the young monks. They are not ready until they stop slamming doors. – Thich Nhat Hanh to Thomas Merton in 1966. The Anglican priest across the table thought for a moment...
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Justice and the Buoyant
A River Named Justice thunders down canyons pounds cliffs crashes rock collapses sham shatters monuments scatters compassion seeps past storm doors up dusty floor vents splashes into bath water...
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Poets, Prayer, and Paradigms
Poets I lived with two poets all summer. They accompanied me to both coasts, places in between, and came along on a silent retreat. Amy Fleury and Brian Doyle are both accomplished and acclaimed...
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Feast
don’t wander down the dim halls of memory lost in a musty maze of dead ends don’t launch out into the future on the treacherous sea of pulp fiction trust this pulsing moment tawdry, tattered, or bright...
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Living in the Presence
When he is here, I see holiness. I tell you something different goes on between him and the Lord God. Sometimes I get to thinking that if the light was right, I might get a glimpse of God right beside...
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Advent Manna 2: On Mute
Advent Manna – Short Takes on the Themes of Advent Being Silent The most beautiful thing a person can say about God would be for that person to remain silent from the wisdom of an inner wealth. So, be...
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Like a Trap
You will find three invitations in this post, 1. A spiritual practice for the new year. 2. The new issue (Autumn 2018) of Holy Ground: Like a Trap. (Yes I know it is winter and now 2019. I have had a...
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Learning to Kneel
I fear that we are losing our capacity for reverence and wonder. From a perusal of headlines and social media it appears that the great American pastime is one of taking offense, being outraged over...
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Broken Hearts and Weary Souls
The Christian who knows his or her business is the Christian who has the freedom to return again and again into that silent unchanging presence – the hanged God, whose love, whose generosity, springs...
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Caring for Souls: The Call and the Cost
CHILDREN, HAVE YOU ANY FISH? Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, you have no fish, have you?” John 21:5...
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