Our relationship with the earth involves something more than pragmatic use, academic understanding, or aesthetic appreciation. A truly human intimacy with the earth and with the entire natural world is needed. Our children should be properly introduced to the world in which they live. Thomas Berry
Spiritual Tidbits
Tending the Tension Between Doing and Being: Responses
On the last day of the 2014 Hearts on Fire retreat, “Tending the Tension Between Doing and Being”, participants were asked to share a word or phrase that summarized the retreat for them, something they would take away with them as they went back to their corners of the world. For the participants, these responses […]
Picturing God
“Picturing God must precede any speaking about God, for our pictures accompany all our words and they continue long after we fall silent before God. Images – the language of the psyche – are the coin of life; they touch our emotions as well as our thoughts; they reach down into our bodies as well […]