Caring for Creation
Kyle Kramer
August 15, 2019
Ecological spirituality is a way of love, a way of moderation, gratitude, wonder, praise, care, and communion with creation.
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Kyle Kramer
Kyle Kramer is executive director of the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a regular contributor to St. Anthony Messenger and the author of Making Room: Soul-Deep Satisfaction through Simple Living (Franciscan Media).
The Energy of God and Nature
Kyle Kramer
June 28, 2019
Until recently, my family and I lived in a solar-powered home, and the long, sunny days of June were a high point for us.
Brokenness and Beauty, Healing and Wholeness
Kyle Kramer
June 23, 2019
The invitation is to step consciously into that river of healing and to let it take us toward a kinder, gentler way of treating ourselves, each other, and our common home.
Nature Does Not Hurry
Kyle Kramer
November 26, 2018
It matters what vision of the world you have; it matters where you place your hope. The Advent season gives us a bright and beautiful North Star: an angel-announced promise of God’s love to be made incarnate in Jesus.
A Reflection on Planet Earth
Kyle Kramer
August 16, 2018
In an era when people form and reinforce their opinions entirely within a chosen bubble of like minds, any earnest quest for truth seems almost quaint. How did truth become so passé?
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Kyle Kramer
July 24, 2018
A Zen Buddhist teacher I know recently shared with me a famous saying from his tradition: “Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.”
Priceless and Precious
Kyle Kramer
March 24, 2018
They say the best things in life are free—and I believe it. No amount of money can buy a sense of real belonging with your family, friends, and community, or assure health in body, mind, and soul. As I think about my own life, there is almost nothing that I really care about that I earned, planned, or even expected. It has all been a gift.
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