“To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wildflower;
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.”
— Auguries of Innocence, William Blake
You are the nearest to Read more
Fr. Thomas Keating, the Trappist monk, said “Discernment is a process of letting go of what we are not.”
“Discernment” is yet another word, similar in meaning to enlightenment, awakening, salvation.
All of these words point to the process Read more
When asked this, how would you respond?
I think I will have to respond like this:
“When I left America for Europe on my first trip around the world, I left as a Baptist Christian.
When, in Europe, however, Read more
What is TRUE Spirituality?
For much of my Christian life, I confessed Jesus and so pursued some kind of spiritual life. It was not because I was all that interested in overcoming the self-centeredness that WAS my life…my up Read more
I was asked this morning by one of my Facebook friends from Australia, “Steve, what’s a Twinkie?”
At first, I thought he was joking. Who does not know, and miss, the Hostess Twinkie?
He wasn’t joking. He really Read more
