In light of Mary Oliver's death on January 17, let us honor her life and savor her words
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began Read more [...]
In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words.
In Blackwater Woods
Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars
of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,
the Read more [...]
G. K. Chesterton once commented that our perennial spiritual and psychological task is to learn to look at things familiar until they become unfamiliar again. The same thing is true of stories as well. The temptation is to quickly think, "I've heard Read more [...]
“Jesus is the Reason for the Season” is one of those slogans that tries too hard and that came upon the scene a few years ago now with its twin sibling “Put Christ Back into Christmas.” It has always felt to me like each is meant as a not-so-subtle Read more [...]
Another reason silence is important is because it makes the deep wordless and nonconceptual prayer of contemplation possible. In prayer, silence is the voluntary poverty that invites persons to let go of their agendas, hidden or otherwise, and to let Read more [...]