Posted in Justice, Outdoor and nature, tagged biking on 29 May 2008 | No Comments »
Today, one of our students put me onto this website, My Cycling Log. I had been keeping track of my miles in a spreadsheet since I got back on the bike in April, but this site offers some additional features:
It computes the reduction in CO2 emissions that result from me riding instead of driving.
It computes [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 26 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently had a visitor to my blog who sent me the link to his own web site, called “Liturgy - worship that works, spirituality that connects.” Fr. Bosco Peters is a priest in the Anglican Church down under in New Zealand, and has a lot of good stuff on liturgy, prayer, worship that I [...]
Posted in Nun, Spirituality, Techie Stuff on 22 May 2008 | No Comments »
I just came upon a website that I thought I’d mention. If you know anyone who is discerning a vocation to religious life, you may want to pass this on to them: VISION Vocation Match. The site guides you through questions about what kind of community experience, ministry, prayer styles, etc. you are attracted [...]
Posted in Outdoor and nature, Spirituality on 21 May 2008 | 6 Comments »
OK, this may seem to be a little too “crunchy granola-ish,” but keep in mind that in my CLC group, we are in the 4th Week of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises…
My house mate has a list of spring chores that need to be done around the house, and I received my first introduction to a [...]
Posted in Catholic, Justice, Spirituality on 18 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night, I watched the documentary, “For the Bible Tells Me So.” Very powerful and well done. Here’s the synopsis from the web site, http://www.forthebibletellsmeso.org.
Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
Through [...]
Posted in Outdoor and nature, Random thoughts on 13 May 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, after several years, my friend J. finally talked me into it. On July 12 and 13, I’ll be riding 50 miles each day in the 2008 Bike MS event here in Michigan. I’m not much of a road biker, but since they now have a 100-mile route in addition to the usual 150-mile route, [...]
Posted in Justice, Nun on 9 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Amazing…in a country where voter turnout is embarrassingly low, we have states putting up new barriers that are preventing citizens - 90-year old nuns included - from exercising their constitutional right to vote!
See this article…I used to play clarinet for the liturgies at the motherhouse of these nuns.
I suppose if there were some evidence of [...]
Posted in Catholic, Justice, Spirituality on 7 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had an e-mail recently from New Ways Ministry, talking about a recent press conference prior to the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI. The three panelists answered the question, “What would you say to the Pope if you had an opportunity to have a conversation with him?” One of the panelists was Gregory Maguire, [...]
Posted in Justice, Nonviolence, Spirituality on 5 May 2008 | No Comments »
From Wikipedia,
Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical violence. As such, nonviolence is an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression and armed struggle against it.
It seems to me that a better definition would include rejection of all forms of violence, not just physical. Makes it more challenging, [...]
Posted in Justice, Nonviolence, Spirituality on 3 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been pondering my desire and efforts to live more nonviolently for some time, so I thought I’d offer a series of reflections on it, and invite you all to join in the discussion. First, I’m very encouraged that nonviolence is a core value in our Baden CSJ directional statement, that has guided us for [...]
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