Episcopal priest. Was @ All Saints, Pasadena & interim rector at St. Luke’s Atl, guest on Oprah Winfrey's Soul Series, author of the book, 8 HABITS OF LOVE.
Hoover, AL
Joined July 2012
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Knowing my dad would not be alive to see this published,I read him the intro to the 25th anniv. ed. of “All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets and Witnesses for Our Time” (Crossroad, this fall), describing his influence on my belief in the power of living witness.
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Just awarded: The “Louie Award” for the best book on Merton studies @gregorykhillis (cut off Greg’s name in previous post) – at South Bend, IN
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It was very healing to attend the International Thomas Merton Society, where I delivered a presentation on Sister Wendy’s evolving views on her fellow hermit Thomas Merton. Much of the contents in this podcast: youtu.be/nY00UZAoEqg
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Blaise Pascal was born 400 years ago today on June 19 2023. I wrote this reflection 3 years ago during the initial COVID lockdown.
#MastersofSocialIsolation #2. Blaise Pascal (1662), scientist, philosopher, Christian apologist, diagnosed the human condition: “Boredom, inconstancy, anxiety.” His case for Xty was based on his examination of human nature, particularly our insatiable need for diversion.
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“Is your father a person of faith?” A number of people have asked me this question since he posted news about his pancreatic cancer. Here are some of my reflections. “A Person of Hope”sacredheartuniversity.typepa…
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The U.S. needs to launch a diplomatic surge on Ukraine washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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The last movie we watched together was Venus, wherein Peter O'Toole plays an aging actor whose last wish, before dying, is to dip his bare feet into the ocean. Afterward Dad was wracked with emotion--more so than any time in the months since his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer.
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Together we choose to be more conscious as we create our lives, knowing that becoming is an art.
#christophany #spiritualconnection #hungerforwholeness #christogenesis #iliadelio
Learn more: christogenesis.org/christoph……ep-relationality/
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My dear father, #DanielEllsberg, died this morning June 16 at 1:24 a.m., four months after his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. His family surrounded him as he took his last breath. He had no pain and died peacefully at home. commondreams.org/opinion/dan…
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Justice Alito's assertion that the Biden administration would not follow a legitimate order from the Court is unwarranted & completely unbefitting a Supreme Court justice.
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This is so powerful. This was the anthem of the civil rights movement here in Northern Ireland too. Solidarity from Nashville’s sister city - Belfast.
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Our pop up book installation at @Princeton this weekend for the #ToniMorrison symposium. Guess what book we are taking folks inside of this time?
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Thanks for posting that, Ed. Including everyone at the Lord's table is what it's all about.
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“Banning books is the same as burning books…Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control.”
A country that tells children what they can and can’t read is telling them what they can and can’t think.
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Yesterday President Joe Biden presented EJI director Bryan Stevenson with the National Humanities Medal, honoring Mr. Stevenson “for his moral call to redeem the soul of our Nation."
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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” #JamesBaldwin
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Look what arrived in the mail! I got started seven years ago with my story in the NYT about the enslaved people sold by Catholic priests to help save Georgetown. It is amazing to finally see the galleys. It has been quite a journey! In bookstores on 6/13 penguinrandomhouse.com/.../t…
