Check out my latest post at From the Pews in the Back, entitled “Pray for Us.”
Posts Tagged as ‘Prayer’
May 3, 2010
The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals
The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and irresistible curve Is of a a force beyond all bodily powers. So action takes velocity [...]
March 29, 2010
Silence.
“We don’t need a moment of silence. There has been too much silence already. I propose noise—a moment of clapping.” A woman said this to Karen during her recent trip to Honduras. Along with a group of students from Harvard Divinity School, Karen was there to learn from the women of this rural Honduran community [...]
November 25, 2009
Writing and Prayer: A Meditation
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, entitled, “Writing and Prayer: A Meditation.”
October 31, 2009
Wally’s Cathedral
The liturgy begins when a handsome young man, dressed neatly in an argyle sweater, lifts the worn brass trumpet to his lips. His eyes are closed, his composure calm. With just one breath, everything in the tiny cathedral comes to a halt. We remove drink classes and beer bottles from our lips. Bar chatter hushes. [...]
October 20, 2009
Still Enough
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled, “Still Enough.”
September 30, 2009
Sometimes Love Is Stronger Than One’s Convictions
Sometimes love is stronger than [one's] convictions.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer It is my experience that one of the marks of falling in love, particularly in its glorious initial phases, is an unshakable desire to be with one’s partner. This desire is such that even when physical presence is impossible, alternative connections are eagerly welcomed: a [...]
August 25, 2009
Writing Letters
The other day at the weekly small group I attend, my friend Casey observed that there is something about prayer that brings him to the present. Entering that intentional state of mind and communication makes him more present to God, and to the people he prays with, and the people he prays for, to an [...]
August 7, 2009
From My Dream of A Common Language
I spent the evening at ArtXchange, a gallery in downtown Seattle dedicated to promoting cultural exchange through the art they showcase. As I studied the featured exhibit by Deborah Kapoor against the captivating, meditative chant of a live Indian music group, I kept thinking about how my love of art is so bound up with [...]
July 2, 2009
In What I Have Failed to Do
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “In What I Have Failed to Do.”
