On Friday, I will continue my Franciscan journey in New York. I am excited to be there. I look forward to living with the brothers out there and engaging in new forms of ministry.
But these last two weeks, I have been on vacation – a break from community life. As I transition from one community [...]
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A contemplative vacation
Posted in Franciscan, brother jacob, christianity, contemplation, nature, prayer on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
the quiet
Posted in Franciscan, St. Francis, brother jacob, christian life, community, excerpt, quotation on June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While it may not be the truest joy in the Franciscan sense, a quiet house after a Sunday out is very close – and rare. Most weekends at this time, after our various church visits and outings, the house is bustling. 60 Minutes would attract its followers into the common room. The doorbell [...]
mourning in community
Posted in bishop kelsey, brother jacob, christian life, community, memorial, personal on June 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wrote a post on Sunday several hours after hearing of Bishop Kelsey’s death. In those hours, in our household of brothers, we were all in terrible shock and dealt privately with that feeling of loss. On Sunday night around 9, we had a service for Jim and on Monday morning we went [...]
A reader gets ready to move
Posted in books, brother jacob, personal on May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in the middle of packing books, boxes and boxes of them. I’m moving from the friary in San Francisco to the one in New York next month. I don’t know what to do with all of these books – one must think of poverty and simplicity of course but reading is a [...]
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