Change the Rules – Mar. 13, 2023
“We are changing the rules of the game. It is not enough to meditate on a cushion inside a monastery.” -Konchok Lhamo, in “Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention,” The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2023
Waiting: The Seedbed of Hope
Everywhere I go, people are busy with their cell phones: scrolling through emails, muttering messages, playing games or watching some video snippet. Filling time with our cell phones is now possible, and so we do it because others are doing it. On the Metro, in line at the grocery store, or sitting in a doctor’s […]
Laughter & Joy – Sept. 16, 2022
The fullness of joy Is to behold God In everything. –Julian of Norwich, translated by Brendan Doyle, Meditations with Julian of Norwich, p. 60
Body as Springboard to God – Aug. 23, 2022
“We have a body. The question is, how will it open us to God in prayer? It is a springboard. All the practices of the spiritual life – praying with the scriptures, meditating, saying the rosary, journaling, focusing, spiritual reading – are only worth the time if they bring us to communicate heart-to-heart with God, […]