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January 2011

January 25, 2011
Today we take a brief break from rovering in Turkey, as I want to share...
January 24, 2011
If you were a sailor approaching Istanbul by boat, you would recognize this vista from...
January 21, 2011
One of my favorite memories of Istanbul happened during our first morning as my friend Marian...
January 19, 2011
It’s January, it’s cold, and there are still several more months left in winter. And...

December 2010

December 17, 2010
I know what you’re probably thinking:  how could the U.S. get its first official Marian...
December 17, 2010
I know what you’re probably thinking:  how could the U.S. get its first official Marian...

November 2010

November 29, 2010
As the slow turn of the year’s wheel takes us into Advent, that time of...
November 27, 2010
And so we come to the end of our journey with Thomas Merton.  If you’re...
November 26, 2010
  “For me to write is love; it is to inquire and to praise, or to...
November 24, 2010
So from the perspective of these nearly two weeks of reflections on Merton, what is...
November 22, 2010
“Cistercian architecture explains many things about our rule and our life. A church [in this...
November 19, 2010
One of my favorite things about being a writer is getting the chance to ask...
November 18, 2010
So what is contemplation?  It’s a word that Thomas Merton used again and again in...
November 17, 2010
One has to have some sympathy for the abbots who directed the Abbey of Gethsemani...
November 16, 2010
For today, some biographical information on our friend Thomas Merton, to set the stage for...
November 15, 2010
In the middle of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, there stands a very unusual bronze plaque.   Most...
November 13, 2010
Today I want to tell you about a new venture of mine, a just-launched website...
November 12, 2010
  I’ve been traveling again—this time to Louisville, Kentucky, where I spent several days following...
November 12, 2010
Today being Veterans Day, I want to tell you a little bit about the veteran...
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