We participated in a conference sponsored by the Merton Center at Bellarmine University in Louisville last weekend—“Contemplation in a Technological Era: Thomas Merton’s Insight for the Twenty-First Century.” I am still trying to digest what was presented at the conference. The papers will be in the next edition of the Merton Annual which comes out next spring. In the meantime, it will be back to the drawing board with study of what Merton has to say about the topic. Continue reading →