Who do you say that you are? A Merton Reflection
Having received the latest issue of the quarterly journal The Merton Seasonal in the mail yesterday, I was inspired to post a quote from Thomas Merton to start the day here at DatingGod.org. Following...
View ArticleSt. Ignatius on Vocation: A Short Reflection
Yes, that’s right, it must be a cold day in you-know-where; Brother Dan is going to cite St. Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises on his blog! In all seriousness, while I like to tease the Jesuits I...
View ArticleUpcoming Talk at Maryhouse Catholic Worker in NYC
Next Friday evening, 27 May 2011, I will be giving a talk at Maryhouse the Catholic Worker in New York City. The title of the lecture is, “Who Do You Say That I am? Human Dignity and the True Self...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Dexter’s Father
In an episode in Season Three of the Showtime television series “Dexter,” the ghost of the father of the “good” serial killer (trust me, I know the complexities of that sort of qualifier, but it’s the...
View ArticleThomas Merton and the God Already Present
In one sense we are always traveling, and traveling as if we did not know where we were going. In another sense we have already arrived. We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life,...
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