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Thomas Merton’s Blueprint for a More Contemplative Life
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThomas Merton, author of 'The Seven Storey Mountain.' By age 25, my grandmother had accompanied her...
A Lexington author tells the story of the other Merton—Thomas’ brother | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFew if any 20th-century Roman Catholics had a greater impact on Christian spirituality than Thomas...
Mayor Fischer: Partnering to create a renaissance over the past 12 years
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"We are one Louisville. We are one community. We are one family. Our entire city is connected." I...
Protestors gather in Pittsburgh to demand change at Allegheny County Jail after death of inmate
WPXI via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA rally was held in Market Square on Friday to raise awareness about the death of a man in the...
The need to embrace suffering
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI am fortunate to receive daily meditations from Ricard Rohr and periodic dharma talks given by Thich Nhat Hanh before his death. Of late, Rohr and his...
‘Dead Man Walking’ Icon Sister Helen Prejean: ‘I Came Alive on Death Row’
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto by Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesThere was a moment of silence as Sister Helen Prejean pondered...
Why So Many Americans Believe in Bigfoot
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJohn O’Connor’s The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster is a work of mourning. Bigfoot, as O’Connor, a journalism...
Azzi: I grew up eating with my fingers, and I won't accept appeasement over peace
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI grew up eating with my fingers. Growing up Lebanese in Manchester, New Hampshire, I wasn't taught...
Former Kentucky poet laureate Frederick Smock dies at 68
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrederick Smock, former poet laureate of Kentucky and longtime English professor at Bellarmine University, died Sunday of cardiac-related issues. He was 68. Smock was familiar to readers of ...
Everything you need to know about the 2022 Muhammad Ali Festival in Louisville
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJune 3 marks the six-year anniversary of the passing of Louisville's own Muhammad Ali, an athlete,...