Minute Meditations
Love Heals, Builds, and Binds
When the realities of life hit, and you have lost everything, what is left is the stunning beauty of our relationships with one another, with this world, and with God.
The ‘Least of Us’ Are God’s Beloved
We cannot find peace in chaos. In the noise and violence that surround us in this country every day, covering our ears and eyes is easy.
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Unity and Community
Our Franciscan tradition speaks to the idea of unity through community.
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God Is Always Good
The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins crystallized so beautifully the effect that John Duns Scotus’ teaching has on mystical minds: Yet ah! this air I gather and releaseHe lived on;These weeds and waters, these walls are whatHe hauntedWho of all ...
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Pray the Words of St. Francis
One of my favorite authors is the great Hoosier science fiction writer, Kurt Vonnegut. A theme he often plays with in many of his novels is the notion that human beings are becoming more machine-like in their dependence on technology ...
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Francis of Assisi, Wedded to Poverty
“And to this poverty, my beloved brothers, you must cling with all your heart, and wish never to have anything else under heaven.”
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Joy in Creating
The joy and fulfillment came in the creating, in the daring to create, day after day after day.
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