Tag Archives | monasticism

Coming back from the desert

By in Contemplation, Spirituality

No longer are such centres of solitude and critical reflection located only in the remote regions. The last decade has seen the growth of urban contemplatives, communities of Christian women and men who seek to live lives of prayer and silence within the urban scene. It was a movement predicted over twenty-five years ago by [...]

Read full story · Comments { 11 } · June 15, 2012

Peace Be With You

By in Reviews

For Christians to view 9/11 and the world of terrorism through the paschal mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection will be difficult and complex. Such a stance does not mean condoning or ignoring what al-Qaeda did on September 11, any more than God, in Christian belief, ignored or condoned the sinfulness of humanity in crucifying [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · March 5, 2012

Back to the Mountain

By in Christianity, nature, Spirituality

Fran and I spent this past weekend in Sewanee, TN. “The Mountain,” as it is affectionately called, is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been, a college town on the Cumberland Plateau nestled in forested land filled with caves, hiking trails, waterfalls, a natural bridge, and other wonders. It’s the first time we’ve [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · October 18, 2011

The New Abbey Store

By in Spirituality

The Monastery of the Holy Spirit has opened a new Monastic Heritage Center, including a museum of monastic culture — housed in an old barn where the monks lived when they first came to Georgia in 1944, a greenhouse and garden center, a coffee shop, and a new Abbey Store. The entire center is beautiful, [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · May 8, 2011

Of Gods and Men: Of Martyrs for Life

By in interfaith dialogue, movies, Reviews

Of Gods and Men, the award-winning French film about Cistercian monks who lived at the Monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria and who were killed in 1996 during the Algerian civil war, will begin showing in Atlanta next Friday, April 1. I had the privilege to attend an advance screening sponsored by Sony Pictures today. The [...]

Read full story · Comments { 1 } · March 23, 2011

Quote for the Day

By in Spirituality

Men have not become Trappists merely out of a hope for peace in the next world: something has told them, with unshakable conviction, that the next world begins in this world and that heaven can be theirs now, very truly, even though imperfectly, if they give their lives to the one activity which is the [...]

Read full story · Comments { 1 } · November 6, 2010

A Novice and His Master…

By in Spirituality

Readers of my blog may find this interesting: the story of Randy De Trinis, who explored monastic life at Gethsemani Abbey in the 1950s under the spiritual guidance of Thomas Merton. Although he did not stay at the monastery, his memoir reveals what an impact Merton had on his young life. In his own words: [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · September 19, 2010
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