May 30, 2021 Holy Trinity Sunday John 3:1-17 Waking up on a January morning to the mist and fog lying over the rolling hills of Trappist, Kentucky was not a sight I anticipated. Being able to take a walk on the miles of trails was a blessing. To find myself contemplating and praying on such… Continue reading Join the Dance
Tag: Thomas Merton
Living Our Faith: Community
November 4, 2018 All Saints Day John 11:32-44 “In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all these people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though… Continue reading Living Our Faith: Community
A Review: A Course in Christian Mysticism by Thomas Merton, edited by Jon M. Sweeney
Thanks to Englewood Book Review for the advance copy and publishing this review. If you have never had the pleasure of visiting Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, I would recommend you take the time to do so. My visit to Gethsemani several years ago was one of my first true encounters with the work of Thomas… Continue reading A Review: A Course in Christian Mysticism by Thomas Merton, edited by Jon M. Sweeney
a mysterious way 