I’ve neglected my heart. I have ignored it. In the business of life and the collecting sediment of the ordinary, I have ceased to notice it. When it screams, I don’t hear. When it burns, I’m oblivious. It is only the gnawing and restless absence of joy that alerts me. Sometimes, silence can be so loud […]
Left-Handed Words
Thoughts that slide sideways
Author: Jason (page 3 of 8)
Few things are better than a sunbeam. They’re budget friendly and just about everywhere. You find one and just soak in it. That’s it. Our dogs are especially good at this. I’ll open up the front door around three or four o’clock and let that afternoon amber seep in through the storm door. Beesly, the […]
As far as I know, C.S. Lewis mentioned Thomas Merton at least twice in his letters. Writing to Dom Bede Griffiths on 12/20/61, Lewis asked him, “Have you read anything by an American Trappist called Thomas Merton? I’m at present on his No Man Is an Island. It is the best new spiritual reading I’ve […]
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