Tag Archives: Owens Valley

Journey in the Desert: A Spiritual Treasure Map. July 25, 2020

Posted on July 14, 2020 by fatherbrad1971

  An Online Session: Journey in the Desert: A Spiritual Treasure Map     Presented by: Fr. Brad Karelius Join others online as we explore treasures of the desert experienced by Jesus and the monastics- solitude, silence, and surrender, using … Continue reading →

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On the Road: Part One

Posted on August 4, 2019 by fatherbrad1971

The following is Part One of my three-part workshop, “One the Road: A Spirituality Series for Men”, which I presented on Saturday 3 August 2019 at the Emmaus Spiritual Ministries Center, sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Orange, … Continue reading →

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The Reluctant Mystic

Posted on April 9, 2014 by fatherbrad1971

 We are fired into life with a madness that comes from the gods and which would have us believe that we can have a great love, perpetuate our own seed, and contemplate the divine. Plato Long before we do anything … Continue reading →

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Insane for the Light: Psychosis and Mysticism

Posted on February 18, 2014 by fatherbrad1971

“Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. No one has the luxury of choosing here because all of us are precisely fired into life with a certain madness … Continue reading →

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Garden of the Gods

Posted on January 19, 2014 by fatherbrad1971

“You could face away from the barracks, look past a tiny rapids towards the darkening mountains, and for a while not be a prisoner at all. You could stand suspended in some odd, almost lovely land you could not escape … Continue reading →

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The Dust Devil’s Curse

Posted on July 23, 2013 by fatherbrad1971

“Here you find the hot sink of Death Valley, or high rolling districts where the air has always a tang of frost. Here are the long heavy winds and breathless calms on the tilted mesas where dust devils dance, whirling … Continue reading →

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Contemplative Cows

Posted on February 12, 2013 by fatherbrad1971

“What the Power of the Slowing taught me is what the Source of All constantly yearns for: that each one of us will know without doubt that we are loved, and that we are intimately, irrevocably part of the endless … Continue reading →

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Remembering Manzanar

Posted on November 12, 2012 by fatherbrad1971

“All things whatsoever which deserve to be dreaded and revered for the extraordinary and preeminent powers which they possess are called the Kami.” Norinaga (18th Century Shinto Scholar) “There’s a belief that people die twice. Once, when you die, and … Continue reading →

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Bread of Heaven, Pan del Cielo

Posted on October 22, 2012 by fatherbrad1971

“But a tree is what you make of it, and once, much was made of the pinyon.” Ronald Lanner, The Pinon Pine. In the shadows of the landmark El Tovar Hotel, at the very edge of the Grand Canyon, clusters … Continue reading →

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Solitude and Silence in Cottonwood Canyon

Posted on September 15, 2012 by fatherbrad1971

“The desert empties you…it is not a place wherein you can decide how you want to grow and change, but is a place that you undergo, expose yourself to, and have the courage to face. The idea is not so … Continue reading →

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