Thomas Merton
Five Lenten Meditations (and a Prayer) from Thomas Merton
Given Our Own Intense Solitude of Late, Merton Is the Perfect Lenten Read
At the Edge of Civilization, Part 2
Here is Part 2 of a three-part series about my recent retreat at Gethsemani Abbey […]
Thomas Merton on Hate, Love, and Worth
From New Seeds of Contemplation, emphasis in the original, ht MM: Strong hate, the hate […]
On Rejecting Love and Little Brothers: From Thomas Merton
The following is an excerpt from Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain. One thing I […]
Our Grieving Hearts and the “Great Impertinence of Beauty” (O …
This is the second part of my reflection on beauty. Check out part one here. […]
Jungian Bandages and the Two Halves of Life We’re Still Livi …
Mary Karr’s new book on memoir begins with this epigraph from Thomas Merton. It is […]
Ninja Perfection and the Mercy of Merton
Holy guacamole! It’s a powerful and disarming thing to see the law of perfection fulfilled […]
New Music: French Style Fur’s Is Exotic Bait
On the heels of obsessing over Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence, Matthew Linder and I found […]