To Dare to Imagine Again: Pope Francis and Thomas Merton
Author’s Note: Today is the 52nd anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton, or better, his Second Birth, into new life with …
Sanctuary: Or How I Shook My Post-Election Blues in New York City
“Sanctuary”: Middle English, derived from Old French sanctuaire, from Latin sanctuarium, from sanctus, or “holy.” a. the inmost recess or holiest part …
Pilgrims of Earth
Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise. ~ …
How Do I Love the Earth? With Heart and Soul and Body and Mind
How must we love the Lord our God? How must we love our selves and one another, each of us bodily crafted, …
All Creation Groans (with Charleston)
The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in …
“If a Tree Falls in the Forest…”
Today marks the ninth anniversary of the martyrdom of Sr. Dorothy Stang, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, renowned for her …
Water, Hypocrisy, and Hope in West Virginia
The truth of Appalachia is judgment upon us all.1 Penned in 1995, the pastoral letter At Home in the Web of Life …
“I Went to the Woods”
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if …
The Concrete God: Living, Breathing, and Loving
The Pope’s recent interview with America magazine has been haunting my evening thoughts and invading my daily prayer. The following passage I …
Elephantoms
A jackal sneered at an elephant for never having more than one calf. “Only one,” she agreed. “But an Elephant!” (Aesop) In …