Missing you
Today, I bought one of those $5 albums at the checkout counter. It’s entitled, “Ladies Got Soul”, and it has some all time soul favorites like Aretha Franklin, Evelyn Champagne King, Gloria Gaynor and Diana Ross. Listening to the album…
Centos
I’ve gone back to using Centos Enterprise Linux on my notebook. I enjoyed a nearly two month experience with Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake. I’m impressed by the Ubuntu community and how well they support their users. However, I’ve been attempting…
Hound of Heaven
Paula’s latest post got me to thinking of one of my favorite poems. It was written by a narcotics addict, Francis Thompson. I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;I fled Him, down the arches of the years;I…
The Root of War
“At the root of all war is fear: not so much the fear men have of one another as the fear they have of everything. It is not merely that they do not trust one another; they do not trust…
Reflection from the Merton Foundation
“There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which really changes our lives from within. And yet the same instinct tells us that this…
The Cracked Pot
I read this story a number of years ago and just thought of it again tonight after getting an email from a regular reader of this blog. ShipWreckedInSC thought I was taking life too seriously and he is right. I…
Today
It’s hard not to be worried today. The Middle East is in carnage thanks in part to extremists in Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah is fueled by Iran and of course Israel is our darling. Newt Gingrich, a man who never…
Quote for the Day
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.–Albert Camus
The Trinity
One of my favorite stories in scripture is from Genesis 18:1-4. “The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, he saw…
Become a partner
Since I attended the Holy Name Province Peace and Justice retreat at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in May of this year I receive regular emails from Pace e bene. Today’s email contained a link to become a partner with…