Beth Adams gave this talk on January 13, 2015. Some years ago, I was sitting with my new friend Shirin, waiting for a movie to start. It was around the time of 9/11. We were looking at an issue of the campus newspaper, and on the front there was the...

Beth Adams gave this talk on December 9, 2014. Recently I read an interview with the writer Herta Müller, winner of the 2009 Nobel prize for literature. She was born in 1953, and grew up in a small German-speaking town that had become part of Romania after the end of...

Beth Adams, who leads Contemplative Prayer twice a month, reflects in this essay (adapted from her remarks preceding the meditation on November 25) about the setting and the changes the seasons bring.  Everyone is welcome to explore different varieties of contemplative prayer, Tuesdays at 5:45 in the Cathedral.