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St. John of the Cross & the Dark Night of the Soul

Posted on March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Mike Mason

John of the Cross is two amazing things: a saint, and one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language.

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The Gospel According to Job: Five-Minute Version

Posted on March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 by Mike Mason

Watch this on YouTube or read the text below.

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A Lenten Motto: Anticipate Adversity

Posted on February 23, 2023March 1, 2023 by Mike Mason

Most of us, I think, have an expectation that life will be good to us. When trouble rears its ugly head, we are surprised, even offended. We watch the news; we know terrible things happen to people all the time. But somehow we think we’ll prove the exception. 

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Practicing the Presence of People: An Introduction

Posted on February 9, 2023February 22, 2023 by Mike Mason

A group who is studying my book Practicing the Presence of People asked me to provide a short video introduction. Watch the result on YouTube. I’m not a dynamic speaker, so if you’d rather read than watch, I’ve added the script.

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Binary Thinking: A Simple Lesson in Theology

Posted on January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 by Mike Mason

Imagine you’re a robot with a binary brain, all 1’s and 0’s. 

Now picture yourself looking at a flower.

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Dearest Sister Wendy: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship

Posted on January 12, 2023January 17, 2023 by Mike Mason

In my “Christmas Shelfie” I featured a book by Sister Wendy Beckett, a Carmelite nun who became rather famous in the 90’s as an astute and winsome commentator on art, both in a series of books and also in popular TV specials.

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My Visit to the Sleep Clinic

Posted on December 29, 2022January 6, 2023 by Mike Mason

As research for my current project, a book on the spirituality of sleep, I arranged a visit to the Sleep Clinic in Parry Sound, an hour’s drive north of where I live.

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The Real Santa Claus: A Christmas Parable

Posted on December 15, 2022December 20, 2022 by Mike Mason

This one’s not in my book Twenty-One Candles: Stories for Christmas because it was written later.  Merry Christmas, everybody!

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Christmas in El Salvador, 1981

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Mike Mason

An American priest visited a displaced persons’ refuge in El Salvador in 1981 and wrote the following reflection. It could just as easily apply today to a migrant camp in Lebanon or a bomb shelter in Ukraine. 

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25 Poems for Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 by Mike Mason
This is so good I just have to share it. Thanks for this post to Victoria Emily Jones of the “Art & Theology” blog, who has a daily Advent series you can sign up for here.

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