A Brief Stop… – Apr. 2, 2021
It could all go in a minute. It WILL all go in a minute.This life is a brief stop, whether I die tomorrow or in fifty years.I would love not to know this, to have the innocent certainty that,when loved ones set out on a journey, they will return unharmed,that I can go out to […]
Shedding the Extras – Nov. 30, 2020
“On the Camino de Santiago, makeshift shrines along the way are littered with things pilgrims have left behind—an extra pair of shoes, a sweater, a razorblade, an inflatable pillow, a book, a pair of pants, a makeup kit. Nearly every pilgrim on the Camino, despite careful packing, discovers that they are carrying too much.” –Wes […]
Changing Ourselves Together – Sept. 10, 2020
“To the extent that a community has a continuing life together we are going to be challenged at the point of our illusions about the kind of people we are. This does not mean that we intentionally seek to break the images of others. The task is always to change ourselves—to deal with that in […]
At Home in the World – July 15, 2020
“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home.” ―Wendell Berry, The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky’s […]
