....the See-Judge-Act method, what questions come to mind as you read this for your discernment process? In November 1968, a Trappist monk from Kentucky climbed into the foothills of the Himalayas to meet a 33-year-old refugee. Thomas Merton — the most famous Catholic writer of his generation — had come to Dharamsala, India, to sit... Continue Reading →
The Data Center Problem Is a Human Problem, and It Needs a Human Answer
Let's start with Cofiwch Dryweryn! In 1955, the City of Liverpool decided it needed more water. Sixty miles away, across a national border, there was a valley in North Wales called Tryweryn, and in it a village called Capel Celyn. Forty-eight people, a dozen farms, a chapel, a school, a post office, a graveyard. One... Continue Reading →
Rising Temperatures: All Creatures Great and Small. By Julie Peller, Ph.D.
Green Junction One major consequence of climate change is the loss of biodiversity. Other reasons for the decline in natural populations include changes in land use, pollution, and exploitation of natural resources. According to a 2024 report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the average decline of wildlife populations between 1970 and 2020 for 5,495... Continue Reading →
The Man Who Was Cheered by the People He Put Out of Work
Atman, Dharma, and Seva in conversation with Catholic Social Teaching — and with the machines now pressing in on all of us On a cold night in late September 1931, a train pulled into Spring Vale Station near Darwen, Lancashire, and several thousand people stood waiting in the dark. The man who stepped off wore... Continue Reading →
The Monk and the Dogmatician: What Thomas Merton Really Thought of Calvin
A death nobody talks about.NOTE NOTE: I need to preface this post with a little clarity about my neighbors and me. I live in an area, large HOA, etc., that is predominantly “Dutch” Reformed Christians of all varieties. Keep in mind that the United States has dozens of Reformed Christian denominations, ranging from large Presbyterian bodies... Continue Reading →
The Monk Who Wouldn’t Look Away: Thomas Merton on Resistance as a Democratic Duty
A Village That Said No In the summer of 1942, a French government minister arrived in a small Protestant village on a remote plateau in south-central France, carrying an order. He wanted a list — the names of every Jew hiding in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, so the Vichy police could round them up. The village’s pastor,... Continue Reading →
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