What defines a tree is its wounds
twists and gyrations come after a knot
Surrounding the knot are fluid spins
Out sticks the old rotting limb
not quite gone
But even if it falls off
the scar is there — the knot
The rest of the tree’s years are defined by
the dead parts
All the future growth deals with this knot
The tree moves […]
Laurie and I saw Into Great Silence last night. Here is my take on the film (it is not a movie!)
Okay, if you are the type of person who goes to the art museum and thinks, “Man, there is a lot of old stuff here!” and that is all, then you might want to skip this […]
What is your calling, your mission, your vocation?
We only have one true vocation: “to cast fire upon the earth.â€? Thomas Merton says, and then states:
…to become fused into one spirit with Jesus Christ in the furnace of contemplation and then go forth and cast upon the earth that same fire which Christ wills to see […]
There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There’s too much confusion
I cant get no relief…
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke…
Sometimes I just get overwhelmed by the evil all around me… war, death, hunger, injustice, poverty. […]
I am a fan of 20th century Trappist monk, Thomas Merton because he closed the gap between himself and heaven.
Merton is the most intense god-seeker I’ve encountered upon recollection. He wanted nothing less than a complete oneness with god, no lapse, no rift, no gap in the relationship with the Creator. I like Merton because […]
