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In our visit to Holy Cross Abbey a couple of weeks ago I thumbed through a book by Bede Griffiths and that renewed a search for his work on the Internet. I came across a site called The Bede Griffiths Trust. There is a host of interesting reading on that site and I recommend it … Read more

I’ve had two Franciscans recommend this film to me lately. I just went to the website today and purchased the DVD for myself. I recommend it to you also. I’ve seen more rain this year than any in my nearly 54 years as a resident of this area. Something is happening despite what our government … Read more

I saw this video today and I liked it. I hope it makes you think about teaching and learning. I hope it makes you want to change the way you think and maybe the way you teach. Technorati Tags:teacher, learning, change

I was at a technology educator’s conference this week in Rochester, New York. It was the annual NYSCATE Conference. I was able to attend due to the talents of our grant writer. I saw some old friends and made some new ones. I also learned some new things about the sorts of technologies that interest … Read more

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.–Thich Nhat Hanh. Technorati … Read more

Abba Anthony said, “The time is coming when people will be insane, and when they see someone who is not insane, they will attack that person saying: ‘You are insane because you are not like us.’ ” Isn’t that like the United States today? Isn’t that like much of the world today?

We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others. What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean, first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and … Read more

“The wise are not learned and the learned are not wise”. It’s a line from the Tao te Ching that I first read in the Tao of Pooh. A Franciscan nun from Philadelphia suggested I read the book about five years ago. I go back to the book occasionally because there is a lot of … Read more

“If one ‘trains’ and disciplines his faculties and his whole being, it is in order to deepen and expand his capacity for experience, for awareness, for understanding, for a higher kind of life, a deeper and more authentic life ‘in Christ’ and ‘in the Spirit.’ The purpose of discipline is not only moral perfection (development … Read more

Friday found my wife and I in Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley and close to Holy Cross Abbey. A Franciscan friend had suggested visiting there recently and we did not let the opportunity pass us by. The abbey is situated in a beautiful area and is very peaceful. The Monks have a great giftshop and have … Read more