...and it is here that we dance!: Getting to know YOU... Introduce yourself!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Getting to know YOU... Introduce yourself!

Pull up a chair... grab a cup of coffee...

When I sit down at the computer with my steaming cup of coffee (I take mine with lots of milk... more like a latte), to spend some time writing and reading, I always feel like I'm settling into a big, cosy chair with good friends nearby with whom I can reflect upon the parameters of my world. This is how I'd like you to feel when you drop in to check things out.

I welcome and thrive on the opportunity to share, rejoice, commiserate, ponder... even challenge. In the interests of facilitating conversation, I think it would be interesting for everyone (commenters, readers and lurkers, alike... and everyone is equally welcome!) to get to know a little about the people with whom they're spending time (an idea I've borrowed from several other bloggers I've encountered). I'd especially welcome knowing more about YOU!

I've included some optional questions to inspire you, reflecting things I'd like to know, in particular.

Who are you: what name will you be using when you visit, where in the world are you, who are you in 3D - what details of your life define you best?
Around what details does your daily life revolve... what is the favourite part of your day... what do you always make time for?
Tell us about your spiritual journey: what do you believe, what do you practice, what is sacrosanct... and has this changed over time?
What book (other than the Bible), movie, person has had a great impact on your life, and how?
If you have a blog, feel free to indulge in some self-promotion: what is your URL, and what do you write about?

I'd be delighted if you'd take a moment to leave a comment introducing yourself, and I look forward to 'meeting' YOU!

...until the next dance!

(Just click on the teeny, tiny 'comments' word just below, beside the time stamp for this entry, and type away!)

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Sr. Laurel M. O'Neal, Er. Dio.August 16, 2012 at 1:17 AM
Hi there! I don't have a lot of time to read others' blogs but I came to your's through a few links and I am glad I did. I hope to explore it bit by bit. Best regards from Stillsong Hermitage!
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If there's an argument/discussion to be had, let it be about ideas and facts, not personalities... I will not support any commentary in which all speakers are not equally respected.

In the spirit of fostering an atmosphere of generosity, and of reflecting the best of humanity - and to invite the greatest diversity of opinion - I ask that you read the 'About Comments' page before commenting.

'Anonymous' commenters will not find a platform through this blog. If you want to comment here - agree or disagree - you are going to have to own your position.

Let the dance begin!

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"When the unstoppable bullet hits the impenetrable wall, we find the religious experience. It is precisely here that one will grow.... Heroism could be redefined for our time as the ability to stand paradox." ROBERT A. JOHNSON, 'Owning Your Own SHADOW'

In a world where heroes have become passe, it is here that I hope to become a hero in my own, and in that of my daughter's, life. This is my place to hopefully step into, and own, my shadow.

Like your average hero, I've struggled most of my life to reconcile my internal experience with the realities of life around me. I've struggled also, with varying degrees of success, to respond to both my internal and external experience with the mind of the Church, and from a place of faith. Through all of it, I have felt deeply the central Christian mystery and have, indeed, found it worth dying for.

My life continues to be an on-going series of what often feel like unstoppable bullets, hitting the nearly impenetrable wall of my intellect, selfishness, fear, stubborness, righteous anger, independence and pride... exactly where the religious experience happens, and paradox becomes holy. I have discovered that my greatest successes in reconciling my external and internal experiences come to me through writing... and it is then that we (my God and I) dance.

"The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life from the standpoint of the central Christian mystery: that it has for all its horror, been found by God to be worth dying for." FLANNERY O'CONNOR

Reader comments, and the discussions that occur through the comment boxes, are what enrich the blogging experience for all involved. To that end, if you please, read the 'About comments...' page beforehand. I've been witness to too many blog 'conversations' that have been more demoralizing than they have been enriching. For that reason, I invite, and reserve the right to maintain, some guidelines.

If you'd like to contact me personally for any reason (I'm especially pleased to welcome any questions you might have), you can find me here.

If you'd like to read my entire profile you can do so here.

I write because I owe God an answer. I hope you'll join the conversation.

Peace be with you!

St. Isidore of Seville - Patron Saint of the Internet

"Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thy image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thy Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those souls whom we encounter. Through Christ our Lord. Amen." Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, A prayer before logging onto the internet

Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

"God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the rasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him. Then you will be able to rest in Him -- really rest -- and start the next day as a new life."

St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney - Patron Saint of Priests

"O Almighty Eternal God, Look upon the face of Thy Christ, and for the love of Him, Who is the Eternal High Priest, have pity on Thy priests. Remember, O most compassionate God, that they are but weak and frail human beings. Stir up in them the grace of their vocation which is in them by the imposition of the Bishop’s hands. Keep them close to Thee, lest the enemy prevail against them, so that they may never do anything in the slightest degree unworthy of their sublime vocation. O Jesus, keep them all close to Thy heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity."

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"Glorious Prince of the Celestial Host, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the conflict which we have to sustain against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places (Eph 6:12). Come to the rescue of men whom God has redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. It is thou whom Holy Church venerates as her guardian and her protector; thou whom the Lord has charged to conduct redeemed souls into heaven. Pray therefore, the God of peace, to subdue Satan beneath our feet, that he may no longer retain men captive nor do injury to the Church. Present our prayers to the Most High, that without delay they may draw His mercy down upon us. Seize “the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the devil and Satan,” bind him and cast him into the bottomless pit…”that he may no longer seduce the nations” (Rev 20:2-3)."

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Getting to know YOU... Introduce yourself!

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