#john O&039;Donohue

[rodwhite]

The screens vs. the real intimacy of the soul

When John O’Donohue published Anam Cara: A Celtic Book of Wisdom in 1997, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair presided over the politics of the West. At that time, here in Philadelphia, we were a few years into planting a church. It had a great run until my successors hit the pandemic wall. The 90’s seem like a very long time ago. But in many ways, O’Donohue is even more relevant now than he was in the…

[coreglia]

It's Howdy Doody Time

The Paris Room Dress-up Trunk “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” Edith Sitwell It’s cold.  The kind of cold that surrounds one like an arctic plunge, a chilled-to-the-bone sort of experience, and I’m thrilled. I love the cold. I’m Swedish. It’s clearly a genetic thing, along with…

[jacciturner]

Spiritual Practice: Seeing Yourself as a Stranger

I’ve been quiet here lately, doing a lot of book signings, gathering with friends, and celebrating the holidays with family. I hope you are surrounded by love and light, good friends, warmth, and delicious food this season. I’ve been enamored by a book by John O’Donoghue lately, called Anam Cara: A book of Celtic Wisdom. It is so deep that I’m savoring it slowly and will probably have to read it…

[kimbazee]

Evening Poetry, November 10

New path. by Richard Webb is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you. This helps keep my blog ad-free. For a New Beginning by John O'Donohue In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly…

[simonfalk28]

John O'Donohue's Accompaniment

For a number of us the late poet and philosopher-theologian, John O’Donohue, has articulated for us when we seek words. He crafts a vessel that has carried, or, is carrying, some of us across the waves of grief to safe shores. The words are a companion in loneliness and a gentle sound to punctuate silence. I’ve written of him before in That Worthy Wordsmith is Our Anam Cara. This is but a taste…

[johnesimpson]

Stumbling, Surely; Blind, Maybe... But Wildly Free, by the Gods!

John O'Donohue, Diane Ackerman, et al.: 'Stumbling, Surely; Blind, Maybe... But Wildly Free, by the Gods!'

[Image: untitled painting by Lino António (1923). I found this on Flickr, without really looking for it (or, really, anything like it), but it felt particularly well suited for a post wrapping up with Diane Ackerman’s poem “Bluenoses,” below.] whiskey river reminded us recently: It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world…

[insilencewaits]

The Buoyancy of Hope (COVID Vaccine) ...

The Buoyancy of Hope (COVID Vaccine) …

May it be Your will, Lord our God and God of our ancestors that this endeavor bring healing, for You are the generous healer. Siddur Edot HaMizrach from Assorted Blessings and Prayers (Hebrew Text) A Prayer for Receiving the COVID Vaccine I have been praying for this day and now it is here!With great excitement, a touch of trepidationAnd with deep gratitudeI give thanksTo all the scientists who…

[carriec031]

Encouragement

One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, you feel dishevelment and confusion like gravity. When a friend comes with words of encouragement, a light and lightness…

[coastmoor]

Home-Made PhD Poetry + Video Poetry - Project 3 Embedding The Silence, Photographs, Photographs, Photographs, Captions, Captions, Captions, Crashes, Crashes, Crashes.

Home-Made PhD Poetry + Video Poetry – Project 3 Embedding The Silence, Photographs, Photographs, Photographs, Captions, Captions, Captions, Crashes, Crashes, Crashes.

So I updated the licences for the software, such that photographs could be manipulated, and videos could be created. And it’s true for the first two projects of the Home-Made PhD things went sort of ok.

But, and this ought to have been expected, I got ahead of myself, I started integrating sounds (that is integrating not ingratiating), I started expecting the text to roll and scroll, I wanted…

[one1now]

May I be Courageous It does take courage to say "YES" to living a life that matters, a life that honors the soul.

[rodwhite]

If creation were friendly, how would you love?

It is not that easy to be a human, easy to be married, or easy to love your neighbor as yourself when you forget to love yourself. And it is strangely easy to just forget about love altogether. John O’Donohue (1956-2008) Sometimes, when I am attempting marriage counseling, I would like to send the couple off with John O’Donohue’s Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (1998/2022) until they can feel…

[literatemind]

For One Who Is Exhausted ~ #SOL 18/31~ 2021

For One Who Is Exhausted ~ #SOL 18/31~ 2021

The well is dry. For not lack of topics, wonders, stories or thoughts, but for the sole purpose of the fingers who resist the keyboard tonight. They are tired. There are no breaks this semester. Spring break cancelled to prevent students from traveling. A few study days sprinkled here and there. But, that’s what they end up being. Days of study.  I’ve lightened our loads. Checked in on my…

[ordinary-creative]

Profound Wordsmith Series: John O'Donohue

Profound Wordsmith Series: John O’Donohue

The written word has coursed through history on a wave of influence.  Though today feels dominated by technology and visual stories, I still feel a strong connection to traditional print media.  Pages seems less ephemeral than gadgets.  In honor of a few beloved wordsmiths, I am launching a short series.  Perhaps you will fall in love with these authors and hold one of their books in your hands…

[suevincent]

A new year begins...

A new year begins…

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance, May your gravity by lightened by grace. Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth, May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect. As water takes whatever shape it is in, So free may you be about who you become. As silence smiles on the other…

[insilencewaits]

Loving Kindness: A Prayer for Hope & Healing (Morning Prayer) ...

Loving Kindness: A Prayer for Hope & Healing (Morning Prayer) …

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Rumi

Go to the place inside that hurts. The part that’s lonely or sad. Your broken heart. Your bruised ego. The part of you that worries it will always be this way. Go there now and silently repeat: May you be happy. May you be safe. May you be filled with love. You’re…

[carriec031]

May I live this day...

May I live this day…

May I live this day Compassionate of heart, Clear in word, Gracious in awareness, Courageous in thought, Generous in love. Quote: JOHN O’DONOHUE Photo: Ann Cahill excerpt from ‘Matins’ – (from FaceBook page)