Posted in Catholic, Justice, Nun, Spirituality on 28 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m listening to the podcast of Tuesday’s The Diane Rehm Show, and there’s an interview with British journalist, Binka Le Breton, on her new book, “The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang.” You may recall that a couple of years ago, Sr. Dot was shot and killed in Brazil, for [...]
Posted in Spirituality, tagged inspiration, Leadership on 24 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’d like to introduce you to Ben Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, and a gifted motivational speaker. At one of our congregational meetings, we had the opportunity to see the video, “Leadership: an Art of Possibility.” I found myself totally captivated by the way he views leadership as empowering others. There’s also a book [...]
Posted in Catholic on 22 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
While checking my blog stats, I discovered that this blog has been nominated by at least a couple of people for this year’s Catholic Blog Awards. Thanks to Steven, and to anyone else who may have nominated this blog. And congratulations to all who join in the conversations…I really believe that the quality of our [...]
Posted in Justice, Spirituality on 21 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week, Gesu (the parish in which I worship) is hosting about 50 guests as part of a rotating homeless shelter program here in Detroit. Tonight, our choir prepared and served dinner, and then we sang afterwards with and for the guests. I really love it when we just “jam” - the spontaneity really allows [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 20 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
OK, so I’m not really on my bike yet. High temps in the teens today, in 20’s (Fahrenheit) tomorrow. But my life has been crazy busy. And I had a bit of a crash and burn early this week, where I actually went home after my first of 3 classes, leaving the students to fend [...]
Posted in Feminism, Recovery, Spirituality on 15 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
First, Happy Belated Valentine’s Day…it was almost gone before I remembered it. A friend and I went out to dinner, and I was wondering why there were so many people out on a Thursday night…DUH…
I’m up to my eyeballs in conference paper acceptances and rejections…and am leaving tomorrow (or should I say today, since it [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 12 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m thinking of a remarkable man who just passed away yesterday. Arden Vaughan of Bucyrus, Ohio was one of my favorite uncles. He was a WWII vet in the U.S. Navy, and I have an early memory of exploring with fascination a tattoo on his arm. (I’m not even sure he had a tattoo, but [...]
Posted in Feminism, Spirituality on 10 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today’s first reading was the story of the serpent and Eve, who decided to eat fruit from the forbidden tree and offer it to Adam. This passage has long been used to justify the “natural” subordination of women, as well as their naivety, wickedness and seductiveness. There are some really interesting alternate interpretations of this [...]
Posted in Catholic, Nun on 9 February 2008 | No Comments »
A while back, I told you about one of our Baden CSJ sisters who writes novels. Allow me to introduce you to another, Sr. Christine Kresho, who writes murder mysteries. She was just interviewed by a Washington, DC TV channel. Like Fr. Andrew Greeley, her novels are situated in Catholic contexts. Sounds like she is [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 7 February 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’d like to offer you this video clip of “The Awakening of The Cosmic Heart (The Core Rainbow).” The opening quote seems to be very much in line with what I shared yesterday about how I am trying to approach this Lenten season:
The purpose of the heart is to know yourself, be yourself, and [...]
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