Contemplative Living as Justice-Making
“The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb […]
eternal beauty, suffocated by mystery…
I offer you this beautiful reflection by Ron Cole on the beauty of Creation: I think it makes a huge difference when you come out of your home in the morning, whether you believe on the one hand you're stepping into inert space, which is endless, or whether you're stepping into something that is animate and alive. […]
Ancestral Longings
Last Friday night I was with my women ministers’ circle, a wonderful place of support in my life. Our theme for the evening was sharing about our foremothers and telling stories about the women who came before us and showing pictures if we had them. It stirred in me several levels of revelation about the […]
Pay Attention!
Apprentice to Beauty
The phrase “apprentice to beauty” keeps coming up in my prayers and journaling time. I think that captures, at the very heart, this call to which I keep responding. Whether as writer, artist, spiritual director, teacher, dream-tender, wife, or friend, in crafting the art of my life I seek the wisdom and guidance of the […]
Sign and Witness
One of my favorite quotes comes from Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet: “There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to […]
Rule of Life
When I first began my doctoral studies in Christian spirituality I had no real fondness for monasticism, I didn’t really get it at the time. Despite having always had a very contemplative nature, I did not understand how monastics make a difference in the world. It was while studying for my history exam that I […]