The long encounter of Thomas Merton and his Abbott, James Fox.
Category: Essays
Was she “first among the apostles” of Jesus Christ?
Gitanjali Babbar wanted to walk to the Freedom Tower. This cold day in New York City marked the end of her first trip to the United States. …
One of some seven-hundred current members of Ready Willing & Able, the Doe Fund’s flagship training and sustaining organization, Joe will spend the next few months …
Cinderella slaves for years for her heartless stepfamily; Beauty offers her life to the Beast at her father’s request. […]
In contrast to our modern situation, traditional and indigenous peoples had extensive spiritually and communally based warrior medicine, practices and lineages. […]
They say the legendary hitter Ted Williams could see the seams of the ball as it came out of the pitcher’s hand. …
The Tamils of Sri Lanka called him the Sage of Jaffna.
Despite acclaim, even adulation, garnered from his theater and film work, including such classic films as The Holy Mountain and El Topo, the author found himself in a state of doubt—of spiritual questioning. …
In February 2003, I went to Laura Rothenberg’s apartment to talk about her book, “Breathing for a Living,” which she wouldn’t live to see published. Laura was dying at age twenty-two. …