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…
Category: Quotes
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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! …
This truth I firmly hold…
This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding: my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world. Anthony de Mello,…
Life is Meditation
Untimately, you will find that if life is the real meditation practice, then everything and everybody in your life becomes your teacher, and every moment…
How did the rose…
How Did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its Beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its Being,…