Reflection Archive
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A Toast to the 1662
Posted on March 22, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Last night the giant Maple Tree by the 150 year-old Red Chapel bloomed neon. It looks like God crocheted bright lime green buds on a medieval tapestry, a beautiful... -
Nashotah’s Benedictine Rule: Learning the Ropes
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet Folks here at Nashotah House have been picking up the same vibes as everyone else in the Midwest: it’s been a strange winter—unusually gray and unseasonably warm. Early March... -
This morning…
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet As I knelt this morning, and I listened to the choir of angels and bodiless spirits, the gentle voice of November rain, and the slow, sacred melody of the... -
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... -
Summer at Nashotah
Posted on July 2, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Everyone has been commenting on how quiet it is here, now that summer has come and so many have moved on to the next place, or are elsewhere fulfilling... -
Reflections on the “End Times,” and Those Who Predict Them
Posted on May 25, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweet The last few days have been interesting and, almost, amusing. Harold Camping, the civil engineer turned self-taught-Bible-teacher-Christian radio mogul, proclaimed that judgment day was coming on May 21. Not... -
Friendship at Nashotah House
Posted on May 23, 2011 | 3 CommentsTweet When we arrived on campus, my baby girl was three weeks old. I was terrified of this new place, new motherhood, and how it was all going to work. ... -
Anglicanism and 24-7 Prayer
Posted on May 5, 2011 | 5 CommentsTweet I’m currently reading Red Moon Rising by Pete Greig, founder of the 24-7 Prayer Movement that is ostensibly affecting a number of people in Evangelical/Charismatic circles. I find that... -
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... -
Augustine offers words of encouragement for Lent
Posted on March 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweet I had occasion to spend some time in Augustine’s ENCHIRDION and found these encouraging words in chapter 64: “But the angels even now are at peace with us when our...