Hanging on loosely

Posted on August 12, 2008 by stephen t berg / 3 Comments

Things get taken. Things get lost. Things are never owned. We only get to use them for a while. In this life, renting, is a closer approximation of our relation...

Benedictine/Spirituality

Art of Communion

Posted on May 1, 2008 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

May dawns gray. My screen dawns a dull white. I yearn for the sun and long for words transcendent. Words that commune as much as communicate. I have most of the...

Benedictine/Christianity/Religion

Ultimate Truth and Truthy Truth

Posted on December 9, 2007 by stephen t berg / 0 Comment

In a discussion about truth on a Benedictine forum I’m on, it occurred to me that I can become quite dogmatic in my belief that access to ultimate tr...

Benedictine/Spirituality

Moments

Posted on November 4, 2007 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Yesterday: We’re in Montana’s, with its open beams and front end of a truck through the roof and all-you-can-eat ribs on Wednesday. Waitresses, some...