Present Moment
Salvation seems to be a movement toward redemption in the midst of the trials of existence, one moment of peace and tenderness in the midst of daily violence, beautiful music that calms our spirit, a…
Salvation seems to be a movement toward redemption in the midst of the trials of existence, one moment of peace and tenderness in the midst of daily violence, beautiful music that calms our spirit, a…
“What put me off studying the law,” [Voltaire] later told his friend the marquis d’Argenson in 1739, “was the vast amount of useless rubbish they wanted to load into my brain. ‘Get to the point,’…
I know there is much on your mind School, bureaucracy, the future, etc. I want to offer you something I wouldn’t say this to just anyone (But maybe someone else Has already given you what…
An important discovery is gratuity. That is, giving time and space for what’s not anticipated, what comes from God, from the future. Availability—not being a prisoner to our projects and plans. And hospitality. This is…
I got to spend a month this summer with the Casa de Solidaridad in El Salvador. It was a public health program that was focused on walking in communities and learning about public health and…
In 2011 several friends and I met to discuss The Next American Revolution by Grace Lee Boggs, who passed away this week at the age of 100. The following passage comes from that book: Each…
Taken near the elevator
–Thomas Merton, HHDL Loyola Walter’s apartment Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio
October 2015
Friends at Sophia House are hosting a book reading and signing of my recent novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. I and those present will take turns reading aloud a few of the short chapters…