Richard SouthworthJul 28, 20214 minWhat Is Your Prayer Life Like Today?Photo from bigstockphoto.com What is your prayer life like today? In what specific ways do you feel called to deepen your prayer life?...
Richard SouthworthJun 23, 20215 minIn The Heart of an AntI wrote this post in July of 1980. I still find it relevant and inspiring. My wife Winnie watching the fish in her backyard pond Photo...
Richard SouthworthMay 22, 20217 minMark Richard SouthworthPhoto by Winnie Southworth Mark is our son. He was born in 1970 and the original reflection was written around 1983 when he was thirteen...
Richard SouthworthFeb 6, 20216 minLiving By A Rule of LifeThe Rule of Saint Benedict: Prologue, Verses 8-13 Let Us Then At Last Arise Photo by Winnie Southworth Let us then at last arise, since...
Richard SouthworthDec 12, 20202 minLiving By A Rule of LifeIntroduction Photo by Winnie Southworth The Rule of Saint Benedict has played an important role in my spiritual journey. It has touched...
Richard SouthworthOct 27, 20205 minRestraint of Speech - Speak Rarely, Briefly, and Directly Very few monks today take a vow of silence, but they do practice a discipline referred to as restraint of speech. In many monasteries...
Richard SouthworthSep 26, 20202 minA Voice Calling In The DesertI wrote this prose poem, I'm guessing in about 1988, give or take a year or two. I would have been about forty-five, and that would have...
Richard SouthworthSep 2, 20205 minIn The Heart of an AntThis article was written In July 1980, some forty years ago. It is one of my wife Winnie's favorites. by Richard Southworth July 1980 i...