A Musing on Charism (Part II of II)
Trinity, Cosmic Principles and Charism Our faith experience reveals that the Trinity, ‘Father, Son, and Spirit,’ is One—i.e. three ways of being totally given one to the other with nothing…
Trinity, Cosmic Principles and Charism Our faith experience reveals that the Trinity, ‘Father, Son, and Spirit,’ is One—i.e. three ways of being totally given one to the other with nothing…
The Gift of the SpiritWhen it comes to the charism — the gift of the Spirit — that animates our RNDM lives, I am struck by a simple truth: it…
Newsflash: There is such pain in the world! It is not suffering in general that overwhelms me, but when it devolves into cruelty, brutality, and ruthless violence I feel cut…
From the time I was very young I thought my intellect could save me. If I could “just figure it out” my world would be safer, more predictable, less chaotic,…
Several weeks ago I began an earnest attempt to “declutter” my space. It is really an ongoing effort. I culled my library of books. I brought to the thrift store…
My favorite liturgical feast is Pentecost! It announces itself with aliveness, zeal, and spirit—a wildly untamed Spirit that is—and one cannot commit their life to this Spirit and expect to…
I was shocked and deeply saddened! A week ago today, the Monday of Holy Week, I first read the news that St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado was closing. And…
I was part of an engaging conversation recently about “collapse!” In the midst of a climate catastrophe will the planet survive? Will the human species survive? Will I survive? Of…
Elm and arborist It was the ‘orange dot of death’ that caught my eye, and then my heart. It was the sign that she would be brought to her knees,…
Most would agree with the newspaper article I read today that stated “we live in a fraught and fractured time!” Signs of disorder, chaos, and collapse are everywhere. Distrust, disinterest,…