One Thing Leads to Another
Z studied with meIn a Social Justice class fall 2007 I learned that semesterHow much Z loved poetry They kept a notebook of new wordsThey’d come across and then make the words a part of…
Tag: Thomas Merton
Share the Wealth with Ben and Liz Burkemper: The Hidden Ground of Love: Exploring the Writings of Thomas Merton
Ben and Liz Burkemper, father and daughter, are fascinated by the figure of Thomas Merton — a prolific writer, Trappist monk, poet, prophet, peace and civil rights activist, theologian, and mystic. Fresh from the latest…
Liz, Here’s Another Work to Add to the Wisdom Literature List
But the whole teaching, the “way” contained in these anecdotes, poems, and meditations, is characteristic of a certain mentality found everywhere in the world, a certain taste for simplicity, for humility, self-effacement, silence, and in…
On Loyola’s Fridge
–Thomas Merton, HHDL Loyola Walter’s apartment Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio
De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
It’s true There’s no cottage industry feeding off of your collected poems There aren’t 15 young scholars writing dissertations from various disciplines on your life and work There’s not been a single academic conference on…
A Course on Thomas Merton with Patrick Cousins
Thomas Merton is perhaps the single most important American Catholic writer of the 20th century, and his writings continue to remain startlingly relevant today. In this course, we will read and discuss a broad sample…
How To Give Compliments
It’s easy Pay attention Notice little particulars about a person Exactly not the kind of thing that would be announced with fanfare on Facebook It could be her subtle flair for fashion, having a periwinkle…
Note to a Friend on the Back of Allen Ginsberg’s Poem, Death and Fame
This poem is pure Allen, Lovable and vain Allen to the end You gotta love him– Evidently, lots of men did Rereading this poem Lights my fire “He taught me how to meditate, now I’m…
Dostoevsky Wrote That Beauty Will Save the World
Years ago A friend gave me a Thomas Merton book– New Seeds of Contemplation— He inscribed it with the following From poet W.H. Auden: “The funniest and kindest of mortals Are those who are most…
January 1997 Notes on Thây’s “Cultivating the Mind of Love”
Thich Nhat Hanh. Cultivating the Mind of Love: The Practice of Looking Deeply in the Mayahana Buddhist Tradition. “The best way to touch the Buddha — not to look for a person, a non-person, a…