Actually Creating – May 25, 2023
“We do not experience ourselves as gift until we are engaged in the act of creating. The confirmation of a person as gift acknowledges what is obvious, but it does not give enough attention to what is not as evident—the unknown potential in a person that can be brought into existence only through the exercising […]
The More Radical Cause
It’s very awkward to think: You know, Judas had a point.* He had argued that Mary’s use of the perfume was a waste; it could have been sold and the money given to the poor. After all, Jesus spoke often about justice for the poor; he told the rich young man, “Go, sell what you own, […]
Being Present – July 7, 2021
“I stop labeling, ranking, and categorizing people and things and just see them; typically, this will lead to a quiet joy and deep peace and contentment. This is presence, or what Simone Weil would call “absolute attention.”” –Richard Rohr, The Naked Now, p. 137
That We Might See
For a string of early mornings in late fall of last year, I witnessed out the window a full-bodied mist rising over the pond, slowly enveloping the meadow, and moving in my direction. Marveling and curious I decided to venture into that mist and see what I could see. This was not without a bit […]
