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This morning I was struck by a well-meaning and very bright person who wrote this about my work and the resistance aroused in some lofty
In his book, Conjectures from a Guilty Bystander, Merton offers this testimony to wonder and awe. I stepped out of the north wing of the monastery and
For me, the sense of wonder is synonymous with the Via Positiva. In the Via Positiva we are struck by awe—like Rachel Carson and her 20
In yesterday’s DM, we brought together the unlikely prophet of the environmental movement, Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, and Catholic monk Thomas Merton who responded
Shortly after Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, her iconic book that is credited with launching the environmental movement, Catholic monk Thomas Merton responded thus: I have been
Creation spirituality is of course, by its very name, about the sacredness of the universe and nature, about the divine presence within nature. Our experience of
Thomas Berry was one of the great eco-prophets of our time. He spoke out loudly and often long before many others in his effort to interfere with our
This past weekend, at a large family gathering, one of the important conversations I had was with a 14-year-old grand-nephew who lives in Germany and
Friday is Earth Day. Of course, every day is Earth Day. Where would we be without Mother Earth? Have we thanked her lately? But humans being who we
This weekend—Passover and Easter weekend—I spent in a special way. I flew from California to Chicago (my first flight in 2.5 years due to COVID) to
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