louie, louie

Exploring contemplative awareness in daily life, drawing from and with much discussion of the writings of Thomas Merton, aka "Father Louie".

Thursday, January 31, 2019

the wind in the pine trees

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Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn’t already been said better by the wind in the pine trees. — Thomas Merton, born 104 years ag...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Ringshout & Birth of African-American Religion

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Mary Oliver

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Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung he...
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Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles was among the last people to speak to Dr. King, visiting him in his motel room to take him to dinner. When they w...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

nameless & no where: the paradise tree

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Photo by Thomas Merton There is no where in you a paradise that is no place and there You do not enter except without a story To ent...
Saturday, January 5, 2019

the silent self

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There is a silent self within us whose presence is disturbing precisely because it is so silent: it can't  be spoken. It has to rem...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

as these stones are quiet

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Credit: Adrian Mann/All About Space Be still Listen to  the  stones of the wall. Be silent, they try To speak your Name....
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