Merton

Reflections On Wisdom, Wellness, And Wholeness

Joel and Michelle Levey | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Dalai Lama, Wisdom, Contemplation, Wholeness, Meditation, Merton, Buddhism, Compassion, Mind, Wellness, Spiritual Development, World Religions, Religion, Mindful Living, Spirit, Emotional Wellness, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Joel and Michelle Levey

The teachings of all the world's great wisdom traditions remind us that we have both an ordinary and a extraordinary identity, a personal and a universal nature.

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Viral Videos 2010: The Top 10 Non-Antoine Dodson Videos of the Year

Lee Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fast Eddie, Double Dream Hands, Eduard Khil, Michael Caine, Steve Coogan, Viral Videos, Gingers Have Souls, Double Rainbow, Stark County Ohio, Basil Marceaux, Rob Brydon, Argentina Dancing With the Stars, Ben Folds, Merton, Antoine Dodson, Chatroulette, Worst Wedding Dj Ever, Phil Davison, South Park, Trololo, Bed Intruder, Slidepollajax, Viral Videos 2010, Comedy News
Lee Brenner

2010-12-27-viral.jpgSo hide ya keedz, hide ya wife, we're doing a non-Dodson Top 10. Enjoy what amused us most in 2010.

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Video: YouTube Music Sensation "Merton" Tapped by T-Mobile for U.K. Airport Tour

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: T-Mobile, New Tee Vee, Merton, Youtube, Beet.TV, Chatroulette, Ben Folds, Wired, Technology News
Andy Plesser

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Merton, the American singer/piano player, whose videos on YouTube have garnered over 20 million views, has found a way to parlay...

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Thomas Merton, Mark and Miracles

Mark Shaw | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Shaw, Knight, Books, Miracles, Thomas Merton, Merton, Henri Nouwen, Mark Shaw, Bobby Knight, Adoption, Nouwen, Healthy Living News
Mark Shaw

For me, hitting the ripe young age of 65 meant that having my own kids was near impossible. To have a child and grandchildren I never knew existed is a dream come true.

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Thomas Merton, Rock Stars, and the Enablers that Serve Them

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Benedict, Limbaugh, President Obama, Catholic Cover-Up, St. Louis Cardinals, Phil Michelson, Obama, Pope Benedict, Glen Beck, Fox Television, Mark Shaw, Catholic Church, Shaw, Merton, Child Abuse, Enablers, Slavery, Tiger Woods, Beck, Masters, Tony Larussa, Mark McGuire, Catholic Child Abuse, Beneath the Mask of Holiness, Thomas Merton, Religion News
Mark Shaw

Let's see who the enablers are, and who those are who stand up and condemn their words.

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The Catholic Church: A Church In Denial

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, Catholic Sexual Abuse, Catholic Cover-Up, Russell Shaw, Thomas Merton, Merton, Mark Shaw, Beneath the Mask of Holiness, Irish Sex Abuse Scandal, Catholic Priests, Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, Priests, Books News
Mark Shaw

Pope Benedict has the opportunity to start a cleansing process in his Church. Will he be courageous and act with authority, or simply attempt to sweep this latest scandal under the rug?

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Famous Merton Book Must Be Recalled Due to Censorship

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, www.markshawbooks.net, A Million Little Pieces, Robert Giroux, Harcourt Brace, Russell Shaw, International Thomas Merton Society, Gethsemani, Mark Shaw, John Eudes, Catholic Church, Catholics, Merton Legacy Trust, James Frey, Merton, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, Books News
Mark Shaw

Thomas Merton's story, as portrayed in The Seven Storey Mountain, was an intentionally watered-down version of what really occurred during his pre-Gethsemani years- the result of a concerted effort to disguise a tormented sinner as some sort of a plastic saint rehabilitated through monastic practices.

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The Thomas Merton Book 'They' Don't Want You to Read

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kerouac, Censorship, Grisham, Zola, Hemingway, Henry Nouwen, Mark Shaw, Merton Love Affair, Catholic Church, Rowling, Merton, Amazon, Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, Monks, Ruether, Gethsemani, Books News
Mark Shaw

Every author risks unfavorable review when he or she writes a book. Hemingway received poor reviews and contemporary writers have also not been immune to such undesirable reception.

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Tiger Woods, Thomas Merton, and the Consequences of Wearing a Mask

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiger Woods Mistress, Catholic Church, Sports, Marriage, Adultery, Car Accident, Pga, Tiger Woods, Celebrity Scandal, Seven-Storey-Mountain, Thomas Merton, Celebrity, Tiger, Priest, Eliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods Affair, Merton, Books News
Mark Shaw

"We have a choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real and which lives by a shadowy autonomy for the brief moment of earthy existence."

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