still alive

just a quick note to say i’m still alive. life has been busy, from trips to tennessee to training for the beginning of another year in residence life. also, graduate school has begun again. so, i’ll write again at some point, i’m sure.
for now, i’m reading a book called “sexuality and the christian body” by [...]

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what mary oliver, i and many others need to hear from henri nouwen

all right, folks. i’ve perused multiple nouwen books, and come up with two passages i want to share. i think they both correspond to the question i asked in a previous post about mary oliver’s poem. the words and the passages i quote here are my response to the mary olivers in the world, and [...]

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henri nouwen

if you’ve never read any of henri nouwen’s works, you should. now, i know many people have read “the way of the heart”, and i’m told it’s amazing. no, i’ve never read it. i’ve read many of his less popular books, which i’m sure is quite surprising to those who know me best. see, i [...]

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