Merton’s Voice For Today
November 8, 2018
In a world of destruction, ignorance, and falsities—there is not only a place for love, but love is the only answer… … More Merton’s Voice For Today
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The Tireless Pursuit of Peace
May 15, 2018
Looking up, I knew this was a moment to behold. Across the living room from me sat Jim Forest, laughing among friends while in Toronto for the first annual Voices For Peace conference. The 76-year-old peace-activist, author, storyteller, and lover of humanity was frozen in a moment of pure joy. I grabbed my camera … More The Tireless Pursuit of Peace
Loving to Love
April 27, 2018
Today I set out walking to walk. Visiting a new city fills me with childlike wonder and awe—each nook a new treasure to behold, every turn an adventure. I’m in Toronto, Canada just two days after a terrible tragedy that took the lives of ten fellow humans. And while wandering in the wet morning, the … More Loving to Love
Dear Nashville Statement
September 10, 2017
I serve a God whose artistry in creation is as vast as it can be within us. And this table is not for removing people or telling them to go away. The table was always meant to be shared. … More Dear Nashville Statement
Responding to Charlottesville – Clarity from Chaos
August 13, 2017
Day after day we see hatred rise up in the world and our anxious flailing towards ‘what to do’ increases. We become debilitated by both the anger/fear and the possibilities before us. We become blinded to the good we can jump in on. We fail to see the love we can be a part of. … More Responding to Charlottesville – Clarity from Chaos
Creating From The Wound
July 28, 2017
I live in Los Angeles, the epicenter of self-defining artists. And, like most people in this city, I consider myself an artist. However, unlike most people living in Los Angeles — I believe we’re all artists in some form or another. I’m in constant awe of the way people create, perform, produce, and refine their … More Creating From The Wound
“Cassidy Hall found silence in an Iowa monastery and brought her discoveries to a new documentary” Des Moines Register
April 5, 2017
“A cricket chirped in the monastery’s library. That and the swish of a turned page, Thomas Merton’s “New Seeds of Contemplation,” was about it for sound. Cassidy Hall stopped on page 81. Merton did not write on the absence of sound on that page but the abyss of solitude in the soul: “You do not … More “Cassidy Hall found silence in an Iowa monastery and brought her discoveries to a new documentary” Des Moines Register
I Wasn’t Ready To Write This
August 4, 2016
“Love alone could waken love.” Pearl S. Buck There are moments in life that I won’t be ready for. That doesn’t mean they won’t happen. That doesn’t mean I should sit back and do nothing. I wasn’t ready to write this. This isn’t another article about names in politics; this is an article about you and me. The … More I Wasn’t Ready To Write This
Saint Joseph’s Abbey • Spencer, MA
April 3, 2013
St. Joseph’s Abbey is a staggering fortress in the midst of Massachusetts; built with incredible stone and surrounded by the acres of nature that a ‘typical’ monastic so longingly takes pleasure in (point being each one of us is different and there is no ‘typical’ monastic). I arrived for a brief day trip to St. … More Saint Joseph’s Abbey • Spencer, MA
Our Lady of the Angels Abbey • Crozet, VA
February 7, 2013
“Schola Caritatis.” Latin for school of love. Our Lady of the Angles Abbey in Crozet is the ‘youngest’ of Trappist Abbeys, being built in 1984. The land was used as a cheese farm, and the sisters of Crozet continue that work to this day. Crozet is tucked away in the hills of Virginia surrounded by … More Our Lady of the Angels Abbey • Crozet, VA
