Excerpts from Martin Luther King’s acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Award ceremony in Oslo, December 10, 1964
A comment from Pierre Pradervand: “MLK’s powerful words are truer than ever today, in a period where some leaders are attempting to divide rather than unite. They are still more powerful when we remember, to quote Mary Baker Eddy, that absolutely everything we see,...
Letter to a friend in a hurry
I hold you gently in the quiet of my thought. The stillness tells me clearly that this crisis in your life, which most call a breakdown, is a listening time. As you told me when we visited a few weeks ago, the pace of your life had become utterly hectic. You’ve...
Harmonies of Silence, Simplicity
Audio of Harmonies of Silence, Simplicity read and recorded by Suzanne Bonetti As I sit in front of Singing Silence, the little chalet of which I am a steward, I think back upon years that have overflowed in bountiful blessings. When the first snow of the autumn came...Centering Prayer
What is called “centering prayer” is in fact a form of meditation or contemplation. It has become known to the public through the writings of people like Father Wayne Tysdale, the untiring promoter of what is called interreligious dialogue between the main religions,...Living in the Present
During my African years, I once spent an evening on the banks of the Niger River in Segou, Mali. Everything breathed peace and an unhurried pace: the fishermen throwing their nets in the river, the women walking home and joking with one another other, the rhythmic,...Thoughts to ponder
