Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 31 January 2007 | 2 Comments »
When I went to the final session of our anti-racism film and discussion series last night, I discovered that one of the organizers had listed this blog as a resource for further conversation and dialogue among those who participated. I’m not sure that’s what I had in mind, as I didn’t expect this to be [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 30 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well, I’m feeling the stress of the semester right now, and don’t know how I’m going to manage to make my normal 3-4 blog entries this week. If anyone wants to be brave like Kari and send me a reflection, I’ll be glad to feature a “guest blogger.” I do have some things in mind [...]
Posted in Catholic on 27 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
This past week, I returned a book to the public library, and as I was passing by the new books shelf, this book with the above title caught my eye. The subtitle of the book is, “the cutthroats, crooks, trollops, con men and devil worshippers who became saints.” A bit sensational, to be sure, and [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 25 January 2007 | 2 Comments »
The following list is taken from an essay by Peggy McIntosh called “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.”
I invite you to consider the following statements, answering true or false, and then if you are white, think about how you’d have to answer if you were a black American…
1. I can if I wish [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 24 January 2007 | No Comments »
That’s the title of the second segment of a three-part video series called, “RACE - The power of an Illusion”. The Gesu anti-racism team is conducting some dialogue sessions with some of us Gesu folks and folks from some predominantly (dare I say overwhelmingly?) white suburban parishes using this film series.
I’ve known for some [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 21 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is what stuck with me after our celebration of the Eucharist today. Our presider, Fr. Bob Scullin, SJ, talked about how some translations of the phrase from Nehemiah (Neh. 8:10) use “joy of the Lord” rather than “rejoicing in the Lord.” I have to admit, I love the idea of letting God’s joy be [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 20 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had a nice visit today from Natty, a fellow blogster on the SisterBloggers blog ring. She had an appointment in the Detroit area, so we were able to get together for lunch and conversation. She’s also going to meet me at Gesu tomorrow. The picture is a candid (not!) shot of us mugging for [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 18 January 2007 | 8 Comments »
I was just looking at the blog of Ryan Duns, and discovered that I’ve been tagged in a game of “cyber tag” that I didn’t know I was playing. I’m not quite sure what it means, but I’m assuming I’m to answer each of the bracketed phrases and then tag someone else. I’m not sure [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 16 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Today’s post actually comes from Sr. Kari Pohl, one of our newer members. She’s helping me out a lot… it’s hard to sit down and come up with a meaningful blog entry every couple of days, so Kari, thanks for the topic and your thoughts on it…
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Something I’ve been thinking about lately that might be [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 14 January 2007 | 3 Comments »
It seems fitting on the eve of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to reflect on where I am in my own journey towards living non-violently. And perhaps tonight it will be sufficient to share but a tidbit of something I’ve known but that I’ve been able to make more concrete/intentional for myself [...]
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