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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Birdsong
“A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Birdsong”
Why Does the Bird Sing?
“A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.” – Joan Walsh Anglund Join us at Santa Sabina Center for a Writing Retreat with Kim Stafford: “Your Archive of the Unspoken,” from April 20 – 23,… Continue Reading “Why Does the Bird Sing?”
Radical Uncertainty
It’s walking the razor’s edge of the sacred moment where you don’t know, you can’t count on, and comfort yourself with any sure hope. All you can know is your allegiance to life and your intention to serve it in this moment that we… Continue Reading “Radical Uncertainty”
Wednesday of Hope – Letting Go of Anticipation
Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something “greater,” more “genuine.” But that feeling has dropped away from me completely. I live here and now, this minute, this day, to the full, and… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Letting Go of Anticipation”
The Mark of Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weekly Photo Challenge: Background
Do you reverence creation? Or is it only background? God might think differently – God would kneel down. I think God might be a little prejudiced. For once He asked me to join Him on a walk through this world, and we gazed… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Background”
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