To be a contemplative means simply this: to turn one’s eyes towards Jesus, everywhere, at work, on the road, in the midst of people, talking with him as if with the person who is most loved in the world. Little Sister Magdeleine (1898–1989)
With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
To be a contemplative means simply this: to turn one’s eyes towards Jesus, everywhere, at work, on the road, in the midst of people, talking with him as if with the person who is most loved in the world.
Contemplative in the Mud 