Reblogged from Granite State Walker I walk for fun, to explore, to more-or-less exercise. I also walk to keep my head on straight. I wouldn’t have gotten through today without a couple of miles outside. I’m a political critter, you see. I’ve been a campaign staffer, an activist, a blogger from the State House, toContinue reading “Re-collection”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
Writer, activist, Granite State walker.
Merton on activism and “the real hope”
I’m indebted to Frank Weathers at Patheos for bringing Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist to my attention. The Patheos post came just after the 2012 election, after I had been a staff member on a statewide political campaign that fell short. Merton’s words were just what I needed to hear and ponder. IContinue reading “Merton on activism and “the real hope””
A Holy Door I’ll remember
Unless my understanding is dim (always a possibility), every year is a Year of Mercy in the economy of salvation. Even so, I understand and rejoice in Pope Francis’s declaration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy now drawing to a close. I’ve enjoyed the little delights, the mini-pilgrimages, visiting different churches with Holy Doors. Each hasContinue reading “A Holy Door I’ll remember”
Ellen Kolb 