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The Death Penalty in America
While more than one person has spoken out against the use of the death penalty in our modern society, let me take just a moment to say something as well. When Send to Facebook
Movies to make you think
Recently I have come across a couple of movies that, though I have not seen them yet, will definitely be interested to see. One them is a little more serious than the other, but both will add something to any conversation you’re having. What that something is will probably be up to you, but they [...]
Tuesday is for Thomas
For the last four years I’ve spent time with Thomas Merton, or at least with his works. It has been a venture not only in friendship, but in truly seeking to live in community with someone who I have only in text form. Yet, time and time again, I come across passages or conversations with [...]
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Woods speaks for first time since surgery, unsure of return
Saying he is wearing a full, straight knee brace and will need to be on crutches for at least three weeks, Tiger Woods made his first public remarks Monday since undergoing reconstructive surgery on June 24, but he offered no timetable for his return to competitive golf. Woods “I really don’t know,” Woods said during [...]
Dinner with the Arch
Last Tuesday, Laura and I were privileged enough to be able to have dinner with our friend Canon Ted Karpf, the rest of his ‘family in Geneva’ and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Laura and I were by far the youngest of the crew there, but we had a great time with the Arch, Mthunzi, and the [...]
That we might all remember
Today is an important day in history. Maybe its just an American history, but I dare to think it not. Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have blogged a few times before about Dr. King and his pursuit of the dream for equality for Blacks in the [...]
(Super) Tuesday is for Thomas and Obama!!
Ironically, Brian McLaren send out his Deep Shift newsletter today, and it included this Thomas Merton quote: “To do the work carefully and well, with love and respect for the nature of my task and with due attention to its purpose, is to unite myself to God’s will in my work. In this way I [...]
Tuesday is for Thomas
It’s a little late, but maybe not. Here is Merton’s thoughts on Advent from “Advent: Hope or Delusion?”: “Advent for us means acceptance of this totally new beginning. It means a readiness to have eternity and time meet not only in Christ, but in us, in Man, in our life, in our world, in our [...]
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