Benedictine Rule Archive
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The Lost Nashotah House Poems (Part 3)
Posted on January 5, 2013 | 1 CommentTweet This is the last of a three-part series celebrating the recently rediscovered “Nashotah House Poems” by the Rev. L.V. Klose. His verse invites readers into the devotional life of... -
The Nicene Creed
Posted on January 1, 2013 | No CommentsTweet It never gets old, even though we recite it at all major liturgies here at Nashotah House—that and the Apostle’s Creed during the offices. Before seminarians can enroll in... -
The Lost Nashotah House Poems (Part 2)
Posted on December 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet Snow clings to the low-hung branches that crowd the wooded campus. It’s sunny this Saturday morning, and a few families and students trekked it through the snow to morning... -
The Lost Nashotah House Poems!
Posted on December 20, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet My good friend Nathaniel Kidd, a son of the House with a rich, fuzzy beard and a pounding heart for God, was quarrying the archives of the stone Nashotah... -
A Fleeting Season
Posted on October 16, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Watching my sons’ as they enjoy the snap of autumn, reminds us that most of their lives will be raucous. Their childhoods have been saturated in life. They will... -
Cassock is the New White
Posted on August 28, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Remember when traveling by air used to be as exciting as it was ceremonial? Most of us at Nashotah House don’t either, but there was a time when you... -
Summer at Nashotah House: The Definitive Seminarian To-Do List
Posted on August 15, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Months out, it always seems like an easy task to “study biblical Greek over the summer.” You know, just pack your flashcards every time you go out, grab some... -
As we come to the setting of the sun
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet Its summer time now. Many of the students have gone, whether on vacations, doing internships or having moved away after graduation. It is strange to see the campus so... -
Thomas Traherne on Love for God
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsTweet A student’s query took me back to one of my favorite books, CENTURIES by Thomas Traherne. This is book 1, no. 91: “O Jesu, Lord of Love and Prince...