Tag Archives: Laura Swan

Faithful and Free Women

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on October 1, 2020

Mystics and the Margins Faithful and Free Women Thursday, October 1, 2020 We have a lot to learn from communities like the beguines, or later, the Quakers and Mennonites. These movements are made up of little groups, often on the margins of society, sharing the Word of God and their lives together. We might recognize… Continue Reading Faithful and Free Women

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged encounter, God, imagination, intimacy. presence, margins, mystics, women

Freedom in the Desert

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on September 29, 2020

Mystics and the Margins Freedom in the Desert Tuesday, September 29, 2020 When Christianity became the established religion of the Roman Empire, something remarkable and strange took place. A whole set of people began to flock to the margins of the Empire to pursue God. They went to the deserts of Palestine, Cappadocia, Syria, and… Continue Reading Freedom in the Desert

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged desert spirituality, Detachment, freedom, margins, mystics, Simplicity, Thomas Merton

Christianity in the Desert

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on September 5, 2018

Early Christianity Christianity in the Desert Wednesday, September 5, 2018 For too long, little or no honor has been paid to those who have laid the foundations in Africa for the preservation of Christianity throughout the world. . . . [T]he roots and headwaters for this monastic flourishing had their source in African soil. Unfortunately,… Continue Reading Christianity in the Desert

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Africa, attention, Barbara Holmes, Christianity, church history, Community, desert contemplatives, margins, Paisius Altschul, Presence, women

Tag Archives: Laura Swan

Faithful and Free Women

Freedom in the Desert

Christianity in the Desert

Join Our Email Community

HTML spacer