The Influence of the Major Themes of the Contemplative Living Module on My Life
By Gail Chung, August 2014 This past year has been an amazing spiritual journey for me. It is as if God had taken me by the hand and led me on a delightful journey of discovery and insight. He placed a…
Jayber Crow
Here is a quote from Wendell Berry which was provoked by a Tolkien quote in response to one of the posts. “If you could do it, I suppose, it would be a good idea to live your life in a…
The Journey, Mary Oliver
The Journey, a poem by Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice — though the whole house began to tremble and you felt…
Thomas Merton on Frustration
To hope is to risk frustration. Therefore, make up your mind to risk frustration. Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything. Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. p. 104
Glorious Lord I Give You Greeting!
Glorious Lord I give you Greeting! Patrick Thomas 10th or 11th Century. …… Glorious Lord, I give you greeting! Let the church and the chancel praise you. Let the chancel and the church praise you. Let the plain and the…
Quoted by Brian McLaren
“Never underestimate your power to be wrong.” Quoted by Brian Maclaren
Sabbath
Sabbath: “One of the specific choices among the values of the christian community is the embracing of time instead of space. We must return to the question of how we in our busy lives can afford to spend a whole…
A provocative "co-incidence!"
A provocative “co-incidence!” Andrea Kastner gave me a book to read during recovery. I started early on but it was dense and so was I! Now I am reading, Out of Babylon (2010), by one of my very favourite authors,…