by Diane | Dec 2, 2016 | Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Mentors
By now you’re either in the Advent spirit of welcome and waiting, or you’ve skipped ahead to the Christmas spirit with its hustly-bustly feeling of overwhelm—too much to do and never enough time to do it. You do have a choice: be present to Advent’s...
by Diane | Jan 31, 2016 | Finding God in All Things, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Mentors
Today is the 101st birthday of Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and author of more than 70 books and 2,000 poems. Merton also kept a personal diary that spanned much of his lifetime, and seven of his journals were published posthumously. My spiritual director introduced...