“This is not a dress rehearsal – this is your life.” William H. Murray We began this series with a line from a poem that pulls back the curtain of life…a poem that helps me re-member the fullness that lay awaiting in each of my days. Old Albert Camus got there first when he wrote, “I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored.” (p.79, The Stranger). The life of a day is not news, but a …
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Compline (Life of a Day #5)
“The church is near, but the road is icy.The bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.” – Russian Proverb I raise this frosty pint in your direction for this fifth installment of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify. So for those just jumping in, there is this contemplative rhythm in some monasteries of the Christian tradition called the Liturgy of the Hours. Today’s episode is the fifth of a series I’ve been doing on the reimagining of the Divine Hours into my own personal reflective interpretations as a contemplative in the world. The intention is …
Vespers (Life of a Day #4)
There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.’ Thich Nhat Hanh My intention here is to be present at hand to the dish in my hand. Perhaps we’ll strike gold today and I’ll communicate some semblance of that in this fourth installment of the Life of the Day series here on Contemplify. So there is this contemplative rhythm in some monasteries of the Christian tradition called the Divine Office…or the Liturgy of the …