Anthony de Mello says not really. So I'm having this conversation with someone, on whether we need each other or not, and whether our happiness depends on anyone else other that us and God. And de Mello keeps coming up. I don't have his writings in front of me for exact quotes, but my memory …
Random Snatches of April
"In the main, and from the beginning of time, mysticism has kept men sane. The thing that has driven them mad was logic." - G.K. Chesterton And here's a line from a poem from the same magazine I saw the Chesterton quote in, the fabulous The Sun. The poem is by Joe Wilkins, called "Manifesto". …
Words When There Aren’t Any
I slept an hour later than usual this morning, two hours later than the mornings when I get up to hit the gym at 5. As a result I'm sitting here dead-headed, without much to say. So I'm reading an article on whether or not we plagarize consciously or unconsciously, and does it matter? Quite …
On Jumping Up and Down
This is Seattle like I remember it, like I remember from the first days back in 1984. Cool September mornings, maple leaves two hands wide, the fresh watered air waking me as I loped down Mercer St. toward the Rep. New beginnings in a new school year, children dressed in uniforms (plaid skirts for the …
JEFF BERRYMAN 