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Two days ago was Hildegard of Bingen’s feast day. Though we did not mention it, on that day we did do a second-best thing: We
The “desert fathers” first developed the idea of the seven capital sins. An ancient text from the monk Evagrius calls acedia “the noonday demon” that
Geologian Thomas Berry talks about the need for “the Great Work” which is “the task of moving modern industrial civilization from its present devastating influence
We are continuing our meditations on the spiritual warrior that were initiated both by the four policemen who were present and active in resisting the
Thurman tells us what most occupied his efforts in spirituality: All my life I have been seeking to validate, beyond all ambivalences and frustrations, the
Like Howard Thurman, who speaks in his book on Jesus and the Disinherited to “people with their backs against the wall,” Hildegard of Bingen teaches
The sun and the light it bestows are especially honored in the Celtic world. Bard and theologian John O’Donohue informs us that among the Celts
We have been meditating lately on the “ground of being” and the feminist dimension to that divine title. Hildegard of Bingen astounds us when, 150
We have been meditating on the return of shamanism in our time. This ought not to come as too big a surprise because in many
If, as Thomas Berry observes, the role of the shaman is returning again in our time, it behooves us to meditate on its significance and
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