Meetings et al.

So very many meetings. I’ve decided that I am hereby boycotting meetings and in fact have not committed myself to attending any new ones since making that statement last night. Surely that’s a sign of conviction, no?
What else has happened as of late? Meetings about how various groups will get along when the G-20 arrives; [...]

Gethsemani #4

6:20 a.m.
Voluntary poverty is a good and interesting concept. Good for both individuals and the larger community, interesting in the many potential outcomes it could have.
Revealing quote by Dorothy Day: “Voluntary poverty is the answer. Through voluntary poverty, we will have the means to help our brothers and sisters. We cannot even see our brothers [...]

Gethsemani #3

4:25 a.m.
How is it that politics and religion can remain as separated as they are in so many circles? So much of Christianity and Christ’s teachings is about moral decisions – helping the poor, non-discrimination, non-violence – and yet so many religious groups turn a blind eye to the same issues as they exist in [...]

Gethsemani #2

10:10 a.m.
Early (or late?) morning at Gethsemani Abbey. It is quiet – yet not. In the trees above and around, insects hum with a living buzz that swells and diminishes with vibrato and from further away (yet still so close!), birds converse with one another and with the morning. Across the way, I can see [...]