Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton was a paradox: as a contemplative Trappist monk cloistered in an austere Roman Catholic brotherhood that required of him a vow of silence [...]
Extremes
Extremes Everywhere, extremes! Today the temperature here will go from 32 at dawn to 85 mid-afternoon, and then back down to 28 [...]
Our Altered Future
All of us continuously imagine what we call the future—the next day, the next year, the next moment. This future seems [...]
Translation of Sacred Chants
Beause many of us are more and more are committed to being multicultural in our respect for and participation in the sacred in every tradition, [...]
In The Midst of Mystery
Always life presents us with such a mix of things, sometimes wonderful, sometimes chaotic or fearful, always, it seems paradoxical. Here are a few quotes [...]
We Are More Than We Know
In Cabeza de Vaca's account of his journey from Florida to the Pacific, between the years 1528 and 1536, he tells how the Indians came [...]
Paying Attention?
Paying Attention? Boring I may be, but not bored, for that so-called vacant stare you think you see is really an acute awareness of [...]
