SSJE Rule Chapter on Silence
Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN from the Rule of the Society of Saint John The Evangelist (http://www.ssje.org) - the monastery in which I was a monk for the novitiate. I offer this as…
Notes on a chapter for SILENCE
"God spoke His eternal word in silence, and He wishes us to receive His words in silence. " Thomas Merton, The Monastic Journey. NY: Image Books, 1977. …so the chapter…
The WORD – a chapter in a Rule of Life
Last week, we discussed the work one need do to imagine and then research a chapter on a Rule of life. here on out for a while till lent, we…
Drafting a Rule of Life chapter on Speech: a how-to primer
Writing a Rule of Life need be neither complicated nor difficult. Those are just thoughts. “It is too hard.” “I cannot write.” “I do not know what I want…
On Speech and Cotton in Virginia
Ever since I was a small boy, we often spent Christmas in Williamsburg. Not only are these various wreaths beautiful and creative, but the ones with cotton pods always stand…
Rule of Life as map
Epiphany is a blast of light in the middle of darkness - a star - a way to find home in the darkness. The way towards Easter. And the Rule…
The Chapters in a Rule of Life
Designing the “chapters” of a Rule of Life (see blogs from Monday and Tuesday to get the background on the why and how of a Rule of Life.) A “chapter”…
What is a Rule of LIfe?
Meister Eckhart: “If you know God, you know that God’s primary activity is giving birth.” I love this wreath. It implies a set of scales and I believe a Rule…
Wreaths and Rules
As the feast of the Epiphany hovers before us - the liturgical version of America’s fourth of July fireworks - we have only a few days left in Christmas’ twelve…
awareness
"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all…