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In recent daily meditations, we have been considering the immense role that the Via Creativa plays in Thomas Aquinas’s theology. Being an “image of God” is
Aquinas sees all creation carrying the mark of creativity, because “things were made like God not only in being but also in acting.” Furthermore, “the
Recently, a successful businesswoman in Oakland who runs a car repair shop, told me that my book The Reinvention or Work “is even more needed today than
Because of her visibility as an abolitionist, President Lincoln invited Sojourner Truth to the White House in October 1864. While living in Washington, she did a
We have been meditating on courageous spiritual-political activists including Sister Dorothy Stang, Alexei Navalny and Frederick Douglass. We cannot talk about great black leaders of
We continue our meditations on the courage and accomplishments that emanate from the holiness of Frederick Douglass. The following teaching has by no means grown
We have been holding up the bravery, creativity and godlikeness of people like Sister Dorothy Stang and Alexei Navalny who paid a steep price for
We are considering Meister Eckhart’s powerful sermon on emptying (the Via Negativa) and creating (the Via Creativa) about a “rapid river that divinizes us” in
Yesterday we meditated on the sacrifice that Sister Dot and Alexei Navalny paid in their commitment to supporting peasant farmers and defending the Amazon Forest
I am sharing a letter from David Stang, Sister Dorothy’s brother, which I began in yesterday’s DM. We then went to the Lawyers’ plush building
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