This was a good year to come to Slovenia. Spring is exploding, something it is not doing on the east coast as per my friends in eastern PA (home). Am grateful I have no pollen allergies. Everything is blooming. Sunday was a bit cooler than previous days. It felt more like late October in Boston complete with overcast skies than spring. But, by the time I went out the sun broke through and the day turned perfect. Wandered along the river shooting mostly outdoor cafes and a few of the bushes blooming. Spent about two hours wandering and shooting anything that caught my eye.

I was recently asked to cover for another Jesuit here and direct a weekend retreat for photographers in June. The day begins with a form of prayer known as lectio divina, sacred reading, that is particularly associated with Benedictines and Trappists. After spending time with the lectio and allowing it to "seep into" themselves, the photographers leave the retreat house in silence and alone for several hours with their cameras or cell phones or whatever they are using. After a few hours they return to the house, download and look at their stuff, and then, in the evening there is time for each participant to share two to five (that will be an absolute limit) photos and talk about what about their meditation on the lectio drove them to take the photo(s).

Photography is one of my entries into prayer and meditation, oftentimes but not exclusively when in a church, and sometimes morning meditation and lectio tells me that I gotta go out with camera later in the day. The prerequisite for that is I must be alone. The retreat will be interesting. No discussion of focal length or camera brand (especially the latter) allowed. What stirrings drove you to take this photo? What does it say to you now?

This was a good year to come to Slovenia. Spring is exploding, something it is not doing on the east coast as per my friends in eastern PA (home). Am grateful I have no pollen allergies. Everything is blooming. Sunday was a bit cooler than previous days. It felt more like late October in Boston complete with overcast skies than spring. But, by the time I went out the sun broke through and the day turned perfect. Wandered along the river shooting mostly outdoor cafes and a few of the bushes blooming. Spent about two hours wandering and shooting anything that caught my eye.

I was recently asked to cover for another Jesuit here and direct a weekend retreat for photographers in June. The day begins with a form of prayer known as lectio divina, sacred reading, that is particularly associated with Benedictines and Trappists. After spending time with the lectio and allowing it to "seep into" themselves, the photographers leave the retreat house in silence and alone for several hours with their cameras or cell phones or whatever they are using. After a few hours they return to the house, download and look at their stuff, and then, in the evening there is time for each participant to share two to five (that will be an absolute limit) photos and talk about what about their meditation on the lectio drove them to take the photo(s).

Photography is one of my entries into prayer and meditation, oftentimes but not exclusively when in a church, and sometimes morning meditation and lectio tells me that I gotta go out with camera later in the day. The prerequisite for that is I must be alone. The retreat will be interesting. No discussion of focal length or camera brand (especially the latter) allowed. What stirrings drove you to take this photo? What does it say to you now?

This was a good year to come to Slovenia. Spring is exploding, something it is not doing on the east coast as per my friends in eastern PA (home). Am grateful I have no pollen allergies. Everything is blooming. Sunday was a bit cooler than previous days. It felt more like late October in Boston complete with overcast skies than spring. But, by the time I went out the sun broke through and the day turned perfect. Wandered along the river shooting mostly outdoor cafes and a few of the bushes blooming. Spent about two hours wandering and shooting anything that caught my eye.

I was recently asked to cover for another Jesuit here and direct a weekend retreat for photographers in June. The day begins with a form of prayer known as lectio divina, sacred reading, that is particularly associated with Benedictines and Trappists. After spending time with the lectio and allowing it to "seep into" themselves, the photographers leave the retreat house in silence and alone for several hours with their cameras or cell phones or whatever they are using. After a few hours they return to the house, download and look at their stuff, and then, in the evening there is time for each participant to share two to five (that will be an absolute limit) photos and talk about what about their meditation on the lectio drove them to take the photo(s).

Photography is one of my entries into prayer and meditation, oftentimes but not exclusively when in a church, and sometimes morning meditation and lectio tells me that I gotta go out with camera later in the day. The prerequisite for that is I must be alone. The retreat will be interesting. No discussion of focal length or camera brand (especially the latter) allowed. What stirrings drove you to take this photo? What does it say to you now?

This was a good year to come to Slovenia. Spring is exploding, something it is not doing on the east coast as per my friends in eastern PA (home). Am grateful I have no pollen allergies. Everything is blooming. Sunday was a bit cooler than previous days. It felt more like late October in Boston complete with overcast skies than spring. But, by the time I went out the sun broke through and the day turned perfect. Wandered along the river shooting mostly outdoor cafes and a few of the bushes blooming. Spent about two hours wandering and shooting anything that caught my eye.

I was recently asked to cover for another Jesuit here and direct a weekend retreat for photographers in June. The day begins with a form of prayer known as lectio divina, sacred reading, that is particularly associated with Benedictines and Trappists. After spending time with the lectio and allowing it to "seep into" themselves, the photographers leave the retreat house in silence and alone for several hours with their cameras or cell phones or whatever they are using. After a few hours they return to the house, download and look at their stuff, and then, in the evening there is time for each participant to share two to five (that will be an absolute limit) photos and talk about what about their meditation on the lectio drove them to take the photo(s).

Photography is one of my entries into prayer and meditation, oftentimes but not exclusively when in a church, and sometimes morning meditation and lectio tells me that I gotta go out with camera later in the day. The prerequisite for that is I must be alone. The retreat will be interesting. No discussion of focal length or camera brand (especially the latter) allowed. What stirrings drove you to take this photo? What does it say to you now?