Ben (Contemplative in the Mud)
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Benjamin Embley | MTS student, MA philosophy, PhD engineering | Las Casas, les Maritain, Văn | English, français, español, ไทย | Living on Wabanaki land | contemplativeinthemud.com
Within sight, anyway!
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Within sight, anyway!
Very cool. In Jean-Luc Barré's biography of J. and R., there are numerous places where J. sounds positively transfigured in people's descriptions, even physically. (This might be quoted as one of them or nearby in the text, I'm not sure.)
I keep meaning to assemble them all and write on it.
I keep meaning to assemble them all and write on it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very cool. In Jean-Luc Barré's biography of J. and R., there are numerous places where J. sounds positively transfigured in people's descriptions, even physically. (This might be quoted as one of them or nearby in the text, I'm not sure.)
I keep meaning to assemble them all and write on it.
I keep meaning to assemble them all and write on it.
Beautiful sunsets are (beautifully) frequent here on the river.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Beautiful sunsets are (beautifully) frequent here on the river.
The book has, however, yet to prove especially useful for this little project:
And in between the two, I was asked to lightly adapt one of my (not-online) writings about "God the Most Vulnerable" for a peer-reviewed journal. Still working on this—but feeling encouraged today!
(The not-online piece is in a similar vein to this: contemplativeinthemud.com/2024/02/01/g... )
(The not-online piece is in a similar vein to this: contemplativeinthemud.com/2024/02/01/g... )
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The book has, however, yet to prove especially useful for this little project:
... and, for that matter, rather devoted to freedom of conscience (both Dominic and Thomas Aquinas)
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
... and, for that matter, rather devoted to freedom of conscience (both Dominic and Thomas Aquinas)
Some, like Timothy Radcliffe (the current most famous living OP?), are very much, um, not liked by arch-conservatives.
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Some, like Timothy Radcliffe (the current most famous living OP?), are very much, um, not liked by arch-conservatives.
For real. Until just shy of one year ago, the most famous living Dominican was Gustavo Gutiérrez.
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For real. Until just shy of one year ago, the most famous living Dominican was Gustavo Gutiérrez.