February 05, 2007> 7:21 PM
photo > monasticism > new feeds First, a photo for your enjoyment. Guess where? :^) And this is how it looked. I didn't doctor that photo up. It was a great day as I drove around the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Not really any rain that day - blue skies, as you can see. It was a gift.
This is the West coast of Ireland near the Western most point in Europe. The Great Blasket Islands are to my left. I'll tell you about this scene here. This, I believe, is one of the places I cried a little bit. Not sure. That grass bit down at the bottom in the foreground is the edge of a cliff, probably higher than what you see in the distance there. Yeah, it just drops off right there where the grass ends.
There was a pull off parking area adjacent to this overlook, so I pulled off, got out of the car and sat down on a hump of grass several feet back from the edge there and just sat there taking it in for a while. I breathed deeply and reminded myself that no, I was not dreaming. Amazing.
Monasticism - You need to go read the quote Antony put up about the beginnings of monasticism. Very good stuff. It was confirming of a lot of my sense about the spirit of monastic reform - that it has always been just that - a reform movement. And not just for reform's sake, but to get to the heart of the Church, to recapture the transformative power of Christian community. One of these days.
RSS Feeds - Here are a couple of long overdue feeds for you to subscribe to. Both these folks are good friends and have been blogging for a while, but have never had feeds. Well, we finally convinced them and they're all burned up with feeds now so subscribe away. Introducing Debi Warford (feed here) and Peter Matthews (feed here).
February 05, 2007
> 7:21 PM
First, a photo for your enjoyment. Guess where? :^) And this is how it looked. I didn't doctor that photo up. It was a great day as I drove around the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry. Not really any rain that day - blue skies, as you can see. It was a gift.
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