Journeying

I am preparing for a journey again. I am re-reading portions of the Intimate Merton with the goal of using Merton's Journals in a preparation for the retreat I am leading in November.

For instance, "His literary gift is to inspire readers to identify with him," says Jonathan Montaldo and Patrick Hart. Or "He wrote journals as a spiritual discipline: he kept "vigil" through making a journal until a pattern of experience would unforld into a momentary epiphany, i.e. sparks of truth, recurring flashes of reality - led him further in the direction shown him and to which he was called."

Glenn Hinson, when asked what the secret of Merton's gift of communication was, said, "He speaks to my condition." Yes, what a gift - our condition.Through journals God was mastering him. Can he do likewise for us. Check out my Developing a Spiritual Journal. Have you started your journal yet?