if I do not fulfill my heart’s vocation, I suffer. –St. Thomas Aquinas (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West translated by Daniel Ladinsky, p.144) Love and More This quote is the third stanza of the poem Otherwise the Darkness by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). His soul’s purpose, stated in […]
Blogging for God
Like many, I felt called to blog. It was actually my husband, Terry, who first introduced me to blogging less than 1½ years ago. Interestingly, he was led to an article about a blogger, even though he never followed blogs. He felt that blogging might be something I’d be interested in doing. And he was right. Disclosure: […]
The Calling to Write
In his sub-chapter “Refusal of the Call (The Reluctant Hero) Christopher Vogler writes: “This one is about fear. Often at this point the hero balks at the threshold of adventure, Refusing the Call or expressing reluctance. After all, she is facing the greatest of all fears, terror of the unknown. The hero has not yet […]