The bells chime for worship. I am walking away from them. My path leads me deeper into the woods, through a cathedral of trees. A lush carpet of green stretches away to my left. Low hanging clouds reflect on the…
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Summer Solstice Daisies at St. John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota During the remainder of June and July, blog posts on Wednesdays will feature pictures worth a thousand words. Without the thousand words. Saturdays will remain more reflective with…
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St. John’s Abbey church is an amazing cavern with a multi-story wall of honeycomb shaped windows. Each pane is filled with abstract shapes and color. They grow more beautiful as morning light rises. However, this morning the beauty cannot outweigh the exclusivity and harm of the words and deeds of the tradition itself.
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