The Rhythm of Ritual
In which I discover that lighting a candle can be more powerful than refreshing the news. I have always been…
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The Grace of Embodiment
In which I remember I have a body, and discover it has been trying to get my attention for years.…
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The Economy of Attention
In which I misplace my focus, find it again, and wonder whether I ever really had it to begin with.…
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The Gift of Solitude
In which I retreat from the world, only to find it waiting patiently within me Solitude is of fashion these…
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The Art of Listening
In which I attempt to close my mouth long enough to hear something worth hearing. There are few things in…
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The Art of Presence
On Being Where One Is, and Nowhere Else I have often suspected that the most radical thing one can do…
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The Grace of Stillness
Stillness is a word that ought to come with a warning label. It sounds so benign, so tranquil, like the…
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The Wisdom of Silence
“The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls, and whispered in the sounds of…
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The Virtue of Slowness
A Reflection on the Economy of Attention My grandparents, I’ve said before, were coffee farmers, though I suspect they would…
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Seeds in the Cracks
On practicing hope as a form of resistance There is a particular stretch of pavement near the old chapel I…