Longing Love – Feb. 22, 2023
“Beat with a sharp dart of longing love upon this cloud of unknowing which is between you and God.” –The Cloud of Unknowing, trans. James Walsh, Ch. 12, p. 145
Loved, not Thought – Feb. 21, 2023
“He can certainly be loved, but not thought. He can be taken and held by love but not by thought.” –The Cloud of Unknowing, trans. James Walsh, Ch. 6, p. 130
Exploring the Dark to Become Light
It takes discipline for me to be visible in community. Valuing privacy, I’ve always liked to hang out in the back — in the shadows, perhaps — observing, taking it all in, revealing little of my interior self. A few years ago, I began a meditation practice where I learn to be present to myself, as […]
The Power of Ritual
Last winter, I listened to an episode of the podcast On Being featuring Katherine May, in which she discussed the importance of ritual in our lives– to mark the passage of time, to give us hope, to bring communities together at regular intervals. I found the interview so compelling that I’ve been thinking about ritual ever since. […]
