Tag Archives: Patience
A Try
I was recently listening to a Radiolab podcast that featured writer Elizabeth Gilbert (yes, that one). She spoke about inspiration, and how she has remained creative and productive as a writer. Earlier in her career, she had learned to talk her to inspiration–as if … Continue reading
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Lying Awake
Recently, I read a beautiful little novel called, “Lying Awake” by Mark Salzman. The novel chronicles the story of Sr. John of the Cross, a Carmelite nun in a community nestled in the hills surrounding contemporary Los Angeles. Sr. John’s … Continue reading
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Sabbath
“I haven’t written on the blog in so long,” I told my partner a few weeks ago. “I feel bad about it. But it just wasn’t coming to me–and lately, when the words come, I simply can’t get myself to … Continue reading
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Blogging, again
“The way I see it, a mystic takes a peek at God and then does her best to show the rest of us what she saw…she agrees to the quiet morning hour in front of God in exchange for a … Continue reading
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Ecstasy (and in the meantime…)
You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God’s Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to … Continue reading
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For these Eyes
When the headlines appear, the questions come in. I’m used to this. And in fact, I’m absolutely flattered by it. It means a lot to me that people take the time to ask for my thoughts about whatever Catholic controversy … Continue reading
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A Sense of Direction
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back, entitled, “A Sense of Direction.” It’s a little reflection on today’s liturgical reading…
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The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals
The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and … Continue reading
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The Burning Bush and the Patient Gardener
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back. It’s a reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings entitled, “The Burning Bush and The Patient Gardener.”
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I Think God Moves in People
Sometime before midnight on New Years Eve I found myself nuzzled into the living room couch with another friend who studies theology in graduate school. Amid the dancing, yelling, and clamoring of glasses at the party that surrounded us, she … Continue reading
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