I've given talks at universities recently where they seem surprised I don't have a powerpoint. "Slides," as they call it.
Is it really so odd to want an audience to listen without watching a screen?
Here’s another one. Detail from a Rembrandt print, Adoration of the Shepherds. That's Joseph in the corner relaxing with a novel.
This Rembrandt etching catches the moment just after the Flight into Egypt.
While Mary nurses the Child, Joseph reads a Russian novel.
Do you remember CF Andrews, the friend of Gandhi and Tagore? This is a great book of correspondence, and this is an interesting memoir; I found a signed copy.
Fabulous
The enemy of reading isn't the ebook; it’s our inability to concentrate.
I miss hyphenated title spines. I miss the days when we cared about the design of📚spines.
The existential cat and his many emotions. youtu.be/Q34z5dCmC4M?...
This book is a great read if you’re interested in 20th century poetry, the Minnesota literary scene, or the influence of Robert Bly on so many things. Author Mark Gustafson is writing Bly’s biography in pieces, and this is the interesting middle part.
Meister Eckhart for Lenten people. From “Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart”❤️🙏
Some of us pray, think, nap best with a book 📚 in our hands.
Article on what recent events mean for religious minorities in Iran, such as Mandaeans and Baha'i.
sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay...
those pulling his strings certainly are
This is the new book by Br. Paul Quenon, publishing in June. And for the first time, I've claimed a photo credit for a cover!
Unfortunately, both sides in this current American war have governments that are being run by dangerous religious fanatics.
Why do the saints in icons often look sad? I asked my friend, Brother Thomas.
www.focolaremedia.com/magazine/con...
Some writers, the longer they work on a manuscript, the longer it becomes. For others, the shorter it becomes.
This new American war is about allowing Israel to do whatever it wants. And it's disgusting.
www.foxnews.com/live-news/us...
Remembering my daughter talking about the politics of 3rd grader kickball...
"Dad, I was picked first for one of the teams yesterday!"
"That's great. Why do you think that happened?"
"I know why. Because the captain who picked me said that he wanted to play with the stuffy I was carrying."
The only other time I've been invited to speak about Saint Francis to a Jewish audience was in Boulder, CO 14 years ago where Reb Zalman joined me on the bima to talk early Franciscans vis-a-vis early Hasidic masters.
If you're near Boston on March 12, join us: hebrewcollege.edu/events/exper...
#MeisterEckhart for Lent, on humility.
From 'Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart'📚❤️
Well done.
Approved for silly Purim celebrations everywhere, to be sung to tunes from South Pacific.
You should read my new interview with iconographer Br. Thomas Skowron, OFM Cap.
The words ‘soul’ and ‘slowly’ are meaningfully connected.
For Purim tonight my wife has written new words to 6 of the songs from South Pacific. ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ is especially hilarious.
Fantastic reflection by @tylergrudi.bsky.social OFM. 🫶🏼😭
