Life is a conversation

When we reclaim conversation and the places to have them, we are led to reconsider the importance of long-term thinking. Life is not a problem looking for a quick fix. Life is a conversation and you need places to have it. The virtual provides us with more spaces for these conversations and these are enriching. But what makes the physical so precious is that it supports continuity in a different way; it doesn’t come and go, and it binds people to it. You can’t just log off or drop out. You learn to live things through.

Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, 331.

Introductions

Hello I’m Sr. Sean.

@srseanm on WordPress, Twitter, and Instagram. @srseanm@c.im on Mastodon. This blog was started some years ago, and since then I discovered that it was impossible to keep up full time ministry AND grad school AND a blog…

So the blog had to wait.

That’s about to change soon…

In the meantime here’s what I wrote as an intro back in 2014:

I’m a member of the North American province of the Daughters of St. Paul, a group of religious sisters who work with the media. On various social media sites my sisters and I use the hashtag #MediaNuns (hence the title of this blog).

My mission-field right now is in the heart of the city—New York City to be exact. I’m the local superior of our convent here, and I work in our Pauline Book and Media book store in midtown. It’s an adventure!

Why this blog?

The Good News is just that—good news. God’s grand story of salvation makes a difference in life. In a sense, the experience of faith is a conversation we have with God and about God. And like all good conversations, it often takes place in the context of a meal. So here’s to good news, good food, and good conversation!