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If Jesus were born today…

By in humor

What would the nativity look like if it happened now — in today’s socially networked world?

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · December 24, 2010

Pattycake

By in humor

This is cute.

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · December 4, 2010

Mysticism and Missing the Point

By in Christian mysticism, Writing

A reader named William Law (I wonder if he’s related to the author of A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life?) has not been shy about attacking the basic premise of this blog. Here are a few quotes from recent comments of his (all made to one recent post): The discussion of mysticism [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · November 24, 2010

Quote for the Day

By in Contemplation, Meditation

Bede Griffiths, one of the great contemplative masters of our time, claimed that there are actually three routes to the center. You can have a near-death experience. You can fall desperately in love. Or you can begin a practice of meditation. Of the three, he said with a somewhat mischievous smile, meditation is probably the [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · October 1, 2010

Live, Laugh, Love

By in Announcements

I have been asked to lead a retreat at the Guesthouse of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in September. The person who originally was in charge of the retreat is unable to lead it, and so I have inherited it. It is called “Live, Laugh, Love” and it sounds like it will be tremendous [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · April 2, 2010

Three Preachers

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Three ministers — a Baptist, a Presbyterian, and an Episcopalian — were having lunch one day. One of them posed this hypothetical question: “If you knew you only had a week to live and could only preach one last sermon, what would your topic be?” The Baptist enthusiastically said, “I would preach on the absolute [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · December 8, 2009

Simon’s Cat

By in Books, humor, Reviews

Simon’s Cat (In His Very Own Book) By Simon Tofield New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009 Review by Carl McColman Move over, Garfield, Dewey, LOLCats, and all those adorable cats by Kliban… here come’s “Simon’s Cat,” who insinuated himself (herself?) into my heart with a huge baseball bat. Twenty-five million Youtube fans later, Simon’s irrepressible [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · November 22, 2009
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