Come, come whoever you are! Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, come even if you […]

In this dance of knowing and unknowing, between contemplative silence and active engagement with social issues, between praying with words and praying with the silence, […]

CASA is a praying community. Like the first ecclesial communities, we are joined together constantly in prayer (Acts 1:14). One Christian understanding of prayer is […]

For some traditions, the practice of remembering God begins with the repetition of God’s names. The belief is that the chant that is sang through […]

We have prayed with John 1 – the Word come to dwell in the enfleshed life of the world – the Word from the beginning […]

John the Baptizer seems to be always barging into the gospel narrative. He appears in the wilderness, a voice of one, shouting: “Make way! Make […]

This morning, we continue our prayer with the beginning words of the Gospel of John: John 1:1-18. I used to think that the Gospel of […]

This morning, we continue our prayer with the beginning words of the Gospel of John: John 1:1-18. John 1 is a scripture of expansive abundance. […]

This morning, we continue our prayer with the beginning words of the Gospel of John: John 1:1-18. The beginning words of John may be almost […]

This week, as we pray together the beginning words of the Gospel of John, I invite us to close the day by looking back over […]

As we begin a new year, I invite us this week to pray together a scripture of beginnings – John 1:1-18. It seems fitting to […]

Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead Thou me on. Keep […]

I am reading Thurman. Outside our home one sees bare trees against a landscape of white snow. Maybe this is the gift of winter: that […]

One of the purposes of night time is to provide rest. For most of us, this is a time when we can recover from the […]

On this, the last day I will be doing this, which is also the first day of the calendar year, I leave you with a […]

As the year is drawing to a close, I invite you to think about your families. If you are like most other families, there are […]

The peace of Christmas is over, and we are preparing for the new year. But even in the midst of everyday busy-ness, may we always […]

Each day, I start with something attributed to St. Patrick – St. Patrick’s Breastplate. Here is part of it: I arise today Through the strength […]

“Celebration expresses the true meaning of community in a concrete and tangible way. So it is an essential element in community life. Celebration sweeps away […]