Wednesday, November 13th, is the last meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society for 2019. So you don’t want to miss it! We will discuss the first four chapters of Thomas Merton’s book No Man Is An Island: Author’s NotePrologue – No Man Is An Island1. Love Can Be Kept … [Read more…]
The next meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society will be Wednesday, October 11th, at 7pm at Baker Book House, which is located near the corner of East Paris and 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We will finish Merton’s superb book Thoughts In Solitude.
Our next book is a fairly slim volume that’s nevertheless packed with powerful insights: Thoughts in Solitude. Before our next meeting, please read the following: PrefacePart One (“Aspects of the Spiritual Life”) As we mentioned, the book is fairly slim. So half of it only amounts to about 70 pages. If you haven’t come to a … [Read more…]
Fifty years after his untimely death, Thomas Merton (1915-1968) remains one of the world’s most widely read, talked about, and beloved authors, poets, contemplatives, and spiritual teachers. But how did this Trappist monk become world famous? What were his thoughts, his struggles, his hopes, and his insights as he acclimated to a life of silence … [Read more…]
Fifty years after his untimely death, Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) remains one of the world’s most widely read, talked about, and beloved authors, poets, contemplatives, and spiritual teachers. But how did he get to be Thomas Merton? What made him the world-famous monk that he is? What were his thoughts, his struggles, his hopes, … [Read more…]
The next meeting of the Grand Rapids chapter of The International Thomas Merton Society is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14th, at 7pm at Baker Book House. It will be the last meeting in 2018. Our group takes the month of December off so that people can get their shopping and baking and family visits and … [Read more…]
You are invited to join us for our monthly meeting (always the second Wednesday of every month), this time on September 12th, at Baker Book House near the corner of East Paris and 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time: 7pm. Location: The Community Room. For our next meeting, we will discuss Chapter 5 of … [Read more…]
You are invited to join us for our monthly meeting (always the second Wednesday of every month), this time on August 8th, at Baker Book House near the corner of East Paris and 28th Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Time: 7pm. Location: The Community Room. For our next meeting, we will discuss Chapter 5 of … [Read more…]
A big THANK YOU to all who attended last Wednesday night’s (May 9th) meeting. It was a lively one, with lots of discussion (both during and long after). After our meeting, Karen shared a special project she’s working on with her church. It involves sending items such as colored pencils, crayons, coloring books, and a … [Read more…]
At our April 11th meeting, we finished the book Love and Living. Also, we ate some of the best oatmeal cookies we’ve ever had – baked and brought by Karen. Thank you! For our Wednesday, May 9th, meeting we will begin discussing the Thomas Merton book The Inner Experience: Notes On Contemplation, which will be … [Read more…]