· 1 September 2007 | 637 words
I don't remember where I read it, but this one line has been stuck in my mind for the last few weeks. It was something along the lines of "gorging on emotions." The idea of feeding upon my emotions is...
· 2 July 2007 | 579 words
I'm on page 148 of Paul Tillich's The Courage to Be. He has painstakingly described three types of anxiety that are part of being human (ontologically speaking). There is the anxiety of fate and death, of which the western ancients...
· 15 June 2007 | 94 words
I've been working on a new website. I can't seem to let go of my habit of collecting quotes. My little egoic self feels the need to collect them, as if they are something for it to hold on, to...
· 28 May 2007 | 122 words
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal thing does one...
· 14 May 2007 | 435 words
I'm bad about shopping for books. I cannot stop in a bookstore without rummaging through the religion/faith section. If a book looks good, I'll purchase it in hopes of reading it some day. Sometimes, I'll start the new book the...
· 11 May 2007 | 154 words
You tried so hard to be someone that you forgot who you are You tried to fill some emptiness 'til all you had spilled over Now everything's so far away that you don't know where you are When all that...
· 7 May 2007 | 339 words
Listening to the song "Epiphany" by Staind on the iPod. The music is loud enough to drown out the background noise. At this line, I drift off... But I know I'll do the right thing If the right thing is...
· 19 March 2007 | 2 words
"We are constantly invited to be what we are." -- Henry David Thoreau
· 7 March 2007 | 328 words
At the end of the movie, American Beauty, the main character Lester Burnham reflects on his life: ...there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart...
· 30 December 2006 | 178 words
In Merton's Palace of Nowhere, James Finley poses a most illuminating metaphor for explaining our search for a path along a spiritual journey. Although he is specifically describing the search for the true self, it aptly applies for the spiritual...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us