The earth is a living organism, a living breathing being. It breathes in two magnificent rhythms of the year, beginning with an out-breath at Christmas time, reaching up toward the heavens in the burgeoning springtime, reaching its zenith at St. John’s tide. Then the turning begins as the days slowly become shorter and all living […]
Think about what love makes possible: ~The great works of art ~The procreation of human beings ~The raising and education of children ~The healing of the sick ~The reversal of direction from self to other ~The transformation of pain into wisdom ~The possibility of sacrifice for the good of the whole ~The unfolding of the […]
If you had to speak to a large group of people about the existence and meaning of Christ, how would you prepare for it? Where would you go? What would your sources be? You could read all you want from the Gospels, or Thomas Aquinas or any number of theologians but you could still be […]
…We are given mistakes, we are given nightmares- and our task is to turn them into poetry. And were I truly a poet I would feel that every moment of my life is poetic, every moment of my life is a kind of clay I have to mould. “The actual poet’s task is true […]