It’s morning. I complete my bathroom ablutions and sip some coffee. Making my way to the study, I pause to light a single candle centered on a small table. Sitting in a large, wooden straight back chair, I begin. Sometimes I start with a chant and other times a favorite… Read More »Self-Transcendence and Sustainable Spirituality
What’s better for the environment: using paper bags that could increase deforestation or plastic bags that result in debris everywhere from city streets to water ways? Is it more environmentally friendly to use energy to wash a dirty plate or to use a throw-away paper plate? What about sending greetings… Read More »Sustainable Spirituality: The Foundation for Green Living
In 1524, Ignatius of Loyola, one of the notable spiritual writers of the Christian tradition, articulated a method for spiritual growth and development which integrated reflection on the the Bible, visualization, and self-examination. His, approach, captured in the book, The Spiritual Exercises, conveys the timeless model developed by Ignatius that… Read More »Book Review: Walking Through Illusion
In the mid 1980’s, I read a novel by May Sarton: Anger. Because her autobiographic work, The Journal of a Solitude, touched me deeply, I hoped her novel exploring expressions of anger would help me sort out my own experience of anger. Anger is an emotion which has complicated my… Read More »Anger: A Signal for Change
We live in a time of great uncertainty. More people are unemployed in the United States than have been since the Great Depression. The number of families living in poverty has reached the level of the 1960’s when Johnson declared a war on poverty. The country is divided politically, economically,… Read More »Sustainable Spirituality: Re-Thinking Our Life Together
Dear Friends, I would like to extend my invitation to celebrate my latest accomplishment – Stumbling into Life’s Lessons has been released. I moved from South Florida to the Southern Arizona Desert in the late 90s, in search of a life characterized by more focused spiritual practices. Stumbling into Life’s… Read More »Stumbling into Life’s Lessons | The Latest book by Louis F. Kavar
Nine years after the tragic attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I cannot help but consider the spiritual impact of that traumatic day: September 11, 2001. On that day, much of the world watched the dramatic events unfold. On that day, much of the world was at… Read More »September 11: The Spiritual Impact of the Grievous Blow
Over the last month, I’ve made weekly trips beyond to the suburbs along a bumpy road far from the busy city. While it’s a drive out of my way, it’s a trip I look forward to. I always find something I didn’t expect – something good to bring home. My… Read More »Gratitude for Being Sustained
