Tomorrow (6/12/2022) is Trinity Sunday. For those of you who might not be quite as tuned into the Church calendar, we just had Pentecost last Sunday, which celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts, chapter 2. We are entering the long, green season of Pentecost and “ordinary time” that comprises the Read More …
Mindfulness. That’s a great word, isn’t it? I was recently giving a presentation on Mindfulness to the Catechumenate program at the University of the South. After a brief introduction, we broke up into small groups, and each group went through the basic method that I’ve written about here and in my book, Just Begin. In Read More …
Definitions are important – well, at least, I think so. My wife often accuses me of coming up with my own precise definitions and then expecting others to abide by them. You know what I say to that? I say, “What do you mean by precise and expecting?” Well, all kidding aside, there are a Read More …
Advent is coming… The reading for this week may catch several of us unaware (particularly if one didn’t grow up in a tradition which uses the lectionary). We’re starting to get ready for Christmas – Isn’t Advent all about the expectation of that baby in the manger? Then, why are we reading about the Second Read More …
I’m going to do something a bit weird today. No, not that weird. I’m going to talk about a Sunday Gospel passage that has already passed. I have been very busy in settling down to the new situation after the move, and I just haven’t gotten back to my usual flow on posting here. Even Read More …
I should begin by way of disclaimer to note that Thomas Merton is my favorite author and New Seeds of Contemplation is my favorite book by him. So, I’m not likely to be impartial at all in this review. Merton was a monk with the soul of a poet (well, he was a poet before Read More …
What is contemplation? If you spend much time on this website, you’ll probably read a lot about contemplation, contemplative prayer, and contemplatives. So, I thought I might start out by writing about what I mean by contemplation. (You’ll also find out that I absolutely love definitions, but I digress.) Most of the time, when you Read More …
