I came across this quote from Henri Nouwen. I like it. I hope it resonates for you also. “Hospitality … means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can … Read more
This is beautiful piece of writing and contemplation and came my way by way of a visitor to this blog. I will be thinking and contemplating this for some time. Peace. Just Plain Foolish: Off on a sideroad again Tags:friends spiritual mystics
I’ve added a new link to this blog. It’s Linux Help. I’m a Linux user and a fan of the open source community. Ravi has lots of great posts about various aspects of Linux and I thought you might enjoy reading what he’s posted. Peace. Technorati Tags:linux, linux help, open source, software
Here’s a relatively new open source product that lets you access your desktop from anywhere in the world. EyeOS is an Open Source Web Desktop Environment, commonly known as Web Operating System or Web Office. With eyeOS you can be organized, work and have fun anywhere, using your own personalzied Web Desktop. For using eyeOS, … Read more
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to assemble some of your digital pictures into a slide show complete with narration and/or sound? Microsoft has a tool for you. It’s called PhotoStory 3 and best of all it is free. Click here to download it and try it out. Peace. Technorati Tags:microsoft, slide … Read more
We must also be careful to avoid ingesting toxins in the form of violent TV programs, video games, movies, magazines, and books. When we watch that kind of violence, we water our own negative seeds, or tendencies, and eventually we will think and act out of those seeds.— Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living … Read more
Thank you to Paula for sharing this great link. More Light: Carmelite PODCAST
One of my favorite recording artists of all time is/was Marvin Gaye. His tragic death in 1984 at the hands of his own father was very troubling. Marvin was frequently billed as a ladies man by Motown Records and I’m sure he was. Marvin also had a deeply spiritual and religious side which began to … Read more
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separate us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.–Thomas Merton I can really identify with what Merton writes of … Read more
Yesterday the United States Air Force, a force without peer in the world killed a terrorist leader named Zarqawi in Iraq. Originally we invaded Iraq because there were weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein might be able to hit New York City in 45 minutes with one of those weapons. That’s what we were … Read more
