One´s world can be spun a startling number of times in fourteen days. Being in a historic earthquake; the consequent upheaval and uncertainty; as well as profound devastation in much of Southern Chile. Near daily aftershocks-including three (7.2, 6.9, 6.0) within a half an hour the day before yesterday that were accompanied by a tsunami…
This God
This God I know, this God who created the complexity of my being, the intricacy of a molecule, the simple beauty of a rain-spattered spider web… This God who created in six days the forces, the energies, the potentials, the being-ness, that over time have brought the world to the present moment… This God of…
From an Email
From an email I sent to Xavier in NYC, my wonderful, wonderful, parish there. Know of my profound gratitude for all of the prayers and love sent from those at Xavier. As to how I am doing… I have only reasons to praise God while my heart is breaking to see the devastation and hear…
Day following
The earthquake hit here at 3:40 in the morning on Friday, February 27th. It hit the epicenter as an 8.8, moved up north, and hit here as a 7. The south is devastated. It is bad in Valparaíso near here. All in my community are fine. Please, please, pray for the pueblo chileno.
Wind in my Praying
Part of the response to a friend who emailed and mentioned that I seemed to be really in “it” here…meaning the experience and the living. Yes, I guess you could say that I am in “it” here, but I still go “there” as well…. and sometimes my heart doesn´t know where to go and just…
From the Journal or, Driving in English
An excerpt from yesterday´s journal entry, after the visit to the National Library of Chile (click here to read ). Point to note before reading, since September, my journal entries have been 98% in Spanish. For reasons that are difficult to explain, it is easier for me to do it that way… otherwise, there is…
From Humitas to Gabriela and the Greeks
It has been some weeks since last posting. There are several reasons for that, but they don´t seem so important to mention right now. Let me just say that I am glad to be back at the keyboard, finding a way to share with a crowd the insights and adventures that come my way in…
The allure of a pencil named Minerva
One of the things I have come to know over eleven years in religious life is that I am a better person because I live in community. The company, the accountability, the sharing of resources, the communal concerns shared and shouldered, the prayer, the polishing of my own edges. It all makes me more able…
Along for the Ride
During my ride to Antofagasta, I made a list of things that caught my attention… 1. A business called Frenos Daytona 500 (A brake repair shop) 2. Not one but several mattress repair shops. Who knew it was an industry? 3. Women´s pick-up soccer played in a field along the highway 4. The trees with…
If
RevGal Friday Five composed in Antofagasta, Chile. A 21 hour bus ride north of Santiago….through hours of the Atacama desert…fascinating, really. 1. If you were a color, what would you be? My dream job as a child was to be the one who thought up names for paint colors… So, I´m going to go with…
Consider the Lilies 