From Chapter 6 of Luke’s Gospel: Jesus said to his disciples:“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged.Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.Forgive and you will be forgiven.Give and gifts will be given to you;a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,will be pouredContinue reading >>
Create in me
I haven’t been working much lately. I know what you are thinking: the purple circles under my eyes tell a different story. Of course I have been working plenty, but I haven’t had much performing on my plate which has affected my lifestyle (and inspired the well-documented periodic panic that I will never be hiredContinue reading >>
Into Great Silence
Recently I showed some clips from one of my favorite films, Into Great Silence. It documents the lifestyle of the monks in a Carthusian monastery in France. Rather than being about monastic life, the film is like monastic life, and its slow pace and timeless sense of prayerfulness is intoxicating. I spend enough time aroundContinue reading >>
Abide with Me
Abide with me, fast falls the even tideThe darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide.When other helpers fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Darkness. Last night as I drove out of the city I happened to be driving just at sunset, which has never been a good time for me. LikeContinue reading >>
Time apart
Last night in class we were encouraged to think about when and where we take time to rest. I had had a hectic afternoon. The reviews of our latest opera had been posted at 3:00 pm, and it was my task to distribute the information via email and online postings. I needed to be inContinue reading >>