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Rites, be they Civil: We are All Made of Stars--a Reflection for Ash Wednesday
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Rites, be they Civil. Notes on civil rights and rites, civic engagement, patriotism, writing, music, church and theology, et al., from a Gay Lutheran perspective. Wednesday, February 22, 2012. We are All Made of Stars- a Reflection for Ash Wednesday. 8220;No one can stop us now, cause we are all made of stars.”. A report came to me on the way home from Ash Wednesday service at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis about another two journalists being killed. Today, hearing these words, “you ...
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On clouds and darkness | The Great Ramble
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About – The Alice Munro Project. Of life and literature. On clouds and darkness. Posted by Andrea Nolan. Asymp; 2 Comments. St John of the Cross. This morning I read a blog post by Brother James, of the Order of the Holy Cross, from their Grahamstown, South Africa Monastery. And I was inspired by his words, and began a long rambling comment to that effect, but then decided that maybe I should just post my response here. And then a little later Br. James quoted this poem, that:. Heavy falling mist –.
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On Camus: Notebooks 1935 – 1942 | The Great Ramble
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About – The Alice Munro Project. Of life and literature. On Camus: Notebooks 1935 – 1942. Posted by Andrea Nolan. Asymp; Leave a comment. Notebooks 1935 - 1942. I’ve been working my way through these. For the last few months. I love reading writer’s journals and letters, but I often just dip and out of them, and ultimately leave them unfinished. This is the same way that I used to treat large poetry anthologies, but after reading all of Mark Doty’s. People can think only in images. If you want to be ...
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Monk Camp | The Great Ramble
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About – The Alice Munro Project. Of life and literature. Posted by Andrea Nolan. Asymp; 1 Comment. I’ve spent the last month at Holy Cross Monastery. On Where I Stayed. Usually I stay in the main guesthouse, which has about 45 rooms, give or take a few, and is open to guests from Tuesday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. In the past I’ve only managed to stay from Tuesday to Friday because weekends are often booked solid with retreat groups. However, this time I stayed a month, from June 11 to July 13. Dinne...
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Monk Camp #2 – Into the Great Silence | The Great Ramble
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About – The Alice Munro Project. Of life and literature. Monk Camp #2 – Into the Great Silence. Posted by Andrea Nolan. Asymp; Leave a comment. Rule of St. Benedict. The Great Silence Contemplative Days:. During my last week at Holy Cross monastery ( click here to see my blog post about my month at the monastery. The entire community participated in contemplative days, which meant living in complete silence and attending reduced offices. Or a monk being forced out of their silence. I first experienced re...
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On Alice Munro, reading, empathy and “Dance of the Happy Shades” | The Great Ramble
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About – The Alice Munro Project. Of life and literature. On Alice Munro, reading, empathy and “Dance of the Happy Shades”. Posted by Andrea Nolan. Asymp; Leave a comment. Dance of the happy shades. Nobel Prize for Literature. The Alice Munro Project. About a year ago, several months before Alice Munro so deservedly won the Nobel Prize for Literature. I set out to read all of her collections of short stories, a project I dubbed the “Alice Munro Project,”. Dance of the Happy Shades. A rather implausible al...
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A Question of Spirit: How Subversive Was Jesus?
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A Question of Spirit. The world of spirituality- and spirituality in the world- from an associate of a Benedictine monastery. Friday, July 03, 2009. How Subversive Was Jesus? Release Barabbas for us! 8221; (Barabbas had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) (Luke 23:13-19). I cringe a little when people describe Jesus as a revolutionary. The word is so easily used to justify a particular agenda that may—or may not—have to do with Jesus. Instead of Jesus .
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A Question of Spirit: When We Give Up Our Lives
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A Question of Spirit. The world of spirituality- and spirituality in the world- from an associate of a Benedictine monastery. Wednesday, June 10, 2009. When We Give Up Our Lives. One of the monks at. He’s right. As part of their vows, the Holy Cross monks pledge themselves to the Benedictine value of a balanced life. This means, in essence, that they must refrain from taking on too much because they have given up their lives to something else, something larger than themselves. Five years ago, I was passi...
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A Question of Spirit: June 2009
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A Question of Spirit. The world of spirituality- and spirituality in the world- from an associate of a Benedictine monastery. Wednesday, June 10, 2009. When We Give Up Our Lives. One of the monks at. He’s right. As part of their vows, the Holy Cross monks pledge themselves to the Benedictine value of a balanced life. This means, in essence, that they must refrain from taking on too much because they have given up their lives to something else, something larger than themselves. Five years ago, I was passi...
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A Question of Spirit: July 2009
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A Question of Spirit. The world of spirituality- and spirituality in the world- from an associate of a Benedictine monastery. Friday, July 03, 2009. How Subversive Was Jesus? Release Barabbas for us! 8221; (Barabbas had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) (Luke 23:13-19). I cringe a little when people describe Jesus as a revolutionary. The word is so easily used to justify a particular agenda that may—or may not—have to do with Jesus. Instead of Jesus .