Category Archives: Danny’s Blog

The Journey of the Universe story has me wondering about my own journey at this time in my life when I am clearly moving into a new chapter. The move has been raising anxiety in me: about the past – … Continue reading →

My own continuing spiritual search took me last week to a retreat on the transformation of consciousness that I’ve been reflecting on recently. I found myself in the company of spiritual directors, many of them Catholic women religious: wonderful, refined … Continue reading →

I mentioned last time that a small group of us here in Bedford NY – Conversations for Action – are exploring a more spiritual approach to sustainability: in one sense, a shift from head to heart; in another sense, a … Continue reading →

Yesterday, which was Earth Day, was a day of blessings for me. In the morning I had the privilege of offering a blessing to the 1500 runners (that included myself) of a 6.7 mile annual race in the Pound Ridge … Continue reading →

I’m back after my Lenten pause and, like the people who experienced resurrection, I’ve needed time for my Easter experience to sink in. Perhaps a way of speaking about what has arisen in me would be to talk about a … Continue reading →

Recent blog postings have elicited wonderful responses, some of them around my personal well-being but some also about the ideas of a secular spirituality and a secular priesthood that I raised. They have given me pause for thought and I … Continue reading →

My recent health issue revealed a couple of things I’d like to reflect on. The first concerns community: what connects us and what connecting does for us. Strangely enough, I think it is the personal that connects us. I say … Continue reading →

This will be a more personal reflection than previous postings but related, I believe, to a larger process, at least metaphorically, that we all share in. The other day I had a Stress Test to check out my heart since … Continue reading →

I am privileged to be one of four conveners of The Berry Forum for an Ecological Dialogue at Iona College, NY. Thomas Berry who died a couple of years ago was the prophet of a new era that he called … Continue reading →

Many of you saw my last Blog posting as a reflection on a personal awakening, a discovery of something that had been there all along: my true self. I’ve always believed that the ultimate purpose of a life is to … Continue reading →