I’m in Oswego, New York this morning. I’m sitting at a Macintosh in the new campus center. I came here last night to watch the Fredonia State Blue Devils compete in the SUNYAC Men’s Basketball Championship. The Blue Devils prevailed in a close contest winning in the final 8.5 seconds on a driving layup by [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Sweet Victory
Posted in Fredonia, recreation, travel, tagged basketball, contemplative, Fredonia State, gratitude, Hospital Corps, SUNY Oswego, US Navy on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vacation
Posted in Ubuntu, VMWare, gratitude, virtualization, tagged contemplative, Linux, gratitude, Franklinville Central School, Ubuntu 8.10 on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the first day of my winter vacation. Last year I went to Arizona and I miss not going there, but I will travel soon to Washington, DC for DrupalCon. This morning I went to the gym with our daughter, Dara. Dara’s home this week because she’s been student teaching in the nearby Hamburg [...]
A way forward
Posted in Duns Scotus, Jesus, Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, mystic, tagged contemplative, Franciscan, Incarnation, John Duns Scotus, mystic on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My sister sent me a Youtube video which reminded me of the work and writings of John Duns Scotus. I like to remind myself that all theology is theory and that no one really knows what is going on. But, first as a person and then later a person being formed in the Franciscan tradition [...]
Creative Silence
Posted in Spiritual, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Gerry Straub, silence on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I regularly read Gerry Straub’s blog and this was posted there today. It needs no further introduction except to say that I could not agree more wholeheartedly.
Creative Silence
Silence produces an inner restfulness
that helps the soul to soar.
The greatest malady of our time
is the absence of stillness and silence.
Silence gives us space for receptivity;
it allows us [...]
Thought for the day
Posted in Thomas Merton, tagged Thomas Merton on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the Merton Institute. How timely is this quote as we all contemplate how best to dig out of this financial debacle that threatens us.
We never see the one truth that would help us begin to solve our ethical and political problems: that we are all [...]
Three robins
Posted in Genesee Abbey, Spiritual, Trappist, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Genesee Abbey, Psalm 42, robins, Trappist, trinity on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday as I approached Abbey of the Genesee on River Road three deer sprang from the meadow to my right and and crossed the road heading west. I slowed to nearly a stop and I thought of the passage from Psalm 42.
As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, [...]
Abbey at sunset
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Genesee Abbey, Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, St. Bonaventure University, Thomas Merton, Trappist, monastic, tagged Abbey of the Genesee, contemplative, Houghton College, Mt. Irenaeus, silence, solitude, St. Bonaventure University, Thomas Merton on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today began as I made my way to Mt. Irenaeus for Mass this morning. When I arrived there were a couple dozen young men there for a St. Bonaventure University men’s overnight. Men’s overnight’s are a part of the Friars outreach to the St. Bonaventure University Campus. It was great to see so many young [...]
MSM no longer relevant
Posted in News, Web 2.0, blogs, democracy, publishing, pundits, tagged blogs, commentary, News, Politics, social networks on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After watching President Obama’s prime-time press conference and after having read the blogosphere all day along with comments on Facebook I’m convinced that he kicked some serious butt. However, if you’re unlucky enough to listen to main stream media outlets like CNN, Fox and others you get a much different story. These are the same [...]
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