DOMINANCE BY BENEVOLENCE
God is sending Elijah to unlearn power. Charity can be a path to control.
“When generosity becomes separated from receptivity, it tends toward imperialism.” - Romand Coles
Blessed are they who can learn guesthood.
BALDWIN’S THE FIRE NEXT TIME
White Americans find it as difficult as white people elsewhere do to divest themselves of the notion that they are in possession of some intrinsic value that black people need, or want.
LEPROSY OF THE MIND
“Nearly everywhere – often even when dealing with purely technical problems – instead of thinking, one merely takes sides: for or against.”
I CRIED WHILE YOU SMILED
I held you in my arms today and cried while I hugged you. Not because of any broken thing…
WHAT AM I LOVING WHEN I LOVE GOD
Searching, perhaps in peril, for a way to articulate the ineffable.
WHO STEWARDS THE SILENCE
“Human community is the universal obligation to live fully ourselves and to live well with others. […] Benedictine spirituality depends on personal commitment and community support…” - Sr. Joan Chittister
RELIGION IS KNOWN FROM THE INSIDE
“for a religion is known from the inside.” - Simone Weil