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February 2017

February 08, 2017

A Poetic Hope

“I don’t care to wake up in the morning without hope. Hope is a survival...

January 2017

January 06, 2017

The Assurance of Winter

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Redwoods, Give Me A Word

The towering redwoods of northern California have always mystified me. I'm constantly swept away with...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

The Voice of the Heart

Listening to the voice of my heart has never come easy for me. I'm usually...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

The Sacredness of Now

The bells began to ring just outside my window for Vigils, 3:15 am prayer, and...

May 2016

May 21, 2016

The Desert Mirage

In 2012 I began traveling to monasteries for respite, silence, solitude, and space. I started...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Solitude of Heart

"But the solitude that really counts is the solitude of heart; it is an inner...

February 16, 2016

Reaching Out Amidst OCD and Depression: Tuesday Lenten Reflection I

I have comorbid depression and obssessive compulsive disorder. I write this, not as a bid...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

When Doing Nothing is Doing Everything

As originally posted on Huffington Post: "Knowing how to be solitary is central to the...

January 26, 2016

Our Hearts Are Deadly Until They Find Rest In You

The most perilous place for each of us is the desert within our own hearts;...

December 2015

December 23, 2015

Resting in Silence

“It all happened in silence; it happens in silence.” A Monk of Snowmass Monastery While...

December 22, 2015

Saintly Devotion as a Pathway to Encounter

Many of people I would call "Neo-Contemplatives" that I have met within Catholicism have...

December 17, 2015

The Modern Day Desert

“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender...