Whenever I am out in nature and see a surplus of natural materials, such as stones, leaves, sticks, branches…
YOU ARE INVITED: 3:oopm, Saturday, Nov. 5th, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, at the Coaster Theater, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE…
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. (1) I’ve been reading a book…
Three quotations from John Muir (1838-1914) the great Scottish naturalist, mountaineer: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s…
Ever since the Hubble Space Telescope was put into place in the Earth’s orbit in 1990, humans have drawn closer…
On Monday mornings, I typically begin the day with a time of prayer in the Glenstal Book of Prayer. This…
In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet released Time Out, featuring jazz songs which experimented in use of alternative time signatures.…
Every day is filled with them. We face so many cracks in a day that we hardly even notice them…
Excerpt from THE BUSY FAMILY’S GUIDE TO SPIRITUALITY By David Robinson (New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009), 165-166 Let mutual…
When Michelangelo began work on the Sistine Chapel, his first drawings were not on a ceiling but on scraps of…
“I vividly recall, my first visit to a monastery in October 1986, and the deep sense of peace which came…
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in…
Go to your local Benedictine Abbey as I did last week and you’ll observe an oddity. In the evening, monks…
con·cres·cence (kən-krĕsˈəns): L concrescentia < concrescere, to grow together < com-,crescere, to grow. I consider that our present sufferings are…
I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus the Savior did come for to dieFor poor on’ry…
You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water …
In a society so often driven by productivity and profit, it may seem counter-intuitive to view resting as a…
Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and…
At a retreat this past weekend at a nearby Benedictine Abbey I once again observed an oddity: in the evening,…
In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet released Time Out, featuring jazz songs which experimented in use of alternative time signatures.…
Cracks. Every day is filled with them. We walk over so many cracks in a day that we hardly even…
I invite you to come along ancient paths of spiritual formation. The Rule of St. Benedict, a guidebook for spiritual…
The day had been very hot by coastal standards, with the thermometer well into the 90s under a cloudless sky.…
Have you ever happened upon a wilderness lakeside or mountain stream and discovered human built stacks of stones? You’ve been…