“Rest in God, dear boy. Rest in God.”– W.H. Auden Advent Outpost from the Backporch (#1) My wife and I started an Advent neighborhood get together last year; soup, wine, bread, cheese, poetry, stories, hymns, and children bellowing. A eucharist of sorts, but more with an ancient turn to honoring both the light in the darkness, and the darkness itself. Due to Covid this will not be happening this year. So I am attempting to put the spirit of what I experienced in that neighborhood Advent get together into a Contemplify Advent series. Something not churchy, but more in line …
“You won’t soon read a more beautiful book, nor one so earthy, wise, delicious, and alive. This is not a book about fish or rivers or Montana or parenting. This is a book, to paraphrase another poet, plain and simple, to break open the frozen sea within.” —Rick Bass I have been waiting years to have this conversation with author, poet, and fly-fishing guide Chris Dombrowski. There is a kinship I feel with Chris’s lens on life. He is a top-shelf writer to boot. The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water comes out October 11th, 2022. I …
Daily(ish) Posts on Kindling the Examined Life for Contemplatives in a Quarantined World “All of humanity’s problems stem from a person’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”– Blaise Pascal Apr 21 QUARANTINED QONTEMPLATIVE SWITCH. Hey ya’ll, this has been a rad experiment, I am shifting this type of posting to a page called “Musings” on Contemplify. It is less timebound and will rotate wildly as the musings strike. Check it out as it will update regularly at contemplify.com/musings. Apr 18 TENDING TO THE SPIRITUAL INTERIOR OF LANGUAGE WITH LIA PURPURA. There is so much I can say about …
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