Hints and Guesses

Examen, AI and 3 Kinds of People

It's the time of year to do a like searching spiritual inventory, a Great Annual Examen.  This requires discernment, a word that's not all that common anymore.  I also want to talk a little about AI and about becoming the kind of person who joins the Cosmic Dance.  Happy New Year.  Enjoy!

Risk Longing: On the First Day of Advent

A winter storm canceled church, so here's a sermon of sorts.  Enjoy!

Risk Longing: On the First Day of Advent

A winter storm closed the churches today, so I thought I'd bring an Advent sermon to the podcast.  Enjoy!

Maybe you need a Blessing

Happy Thanksgiving!  Here are a few thoughts on blessing, pilgrimage, monastic creativity, and the new dark age.  Wishing you all many blessings.  May the road rise to meet you.  Enjoy!

Shadow and the Prophetic Imagination

The ancient prophets were something like the first shadow detectors, and had the courage to externalize their vision of the world.  What ever happened to such prophetic imagination?  Are there any lessons we can metabolize from the prophets in our age of madness?  What would it be like to stand between the way of power and the way of denial, a creative alternative to the tantalizing polls of scapegoating and blame?  Enjoy!