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February 2023

February 01, 2023

Friends, I hope you will join me — and eleven other amazing Celtic and contemplative...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

Explore Celtic Spirituality with “Spirituality and Practice” Online Course — Starts August 8!

Hi friends, I'm happy to announce that my Celtic spirituality course through the Spirituality and Practice website...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Celtic Spirituality, Celtic Prayer, and the Promises of the Heart: Three Contemplative Online Courses

It's March, and that means St. Patrick's Day is just a few days away! This...

June 2019

June 04, 2019

Miann: The Ardent Desire for God

I'm preparing for a retreat I'll be leading in Scotland next month, and so I'm...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

Thin Places, Contemplation, and Discernment: A Few Questions About Celtic Spirituality

Recently I led a Celtic spirituality retreat through the Copper Beech Institute in Connecticut. During...

December 2018

December 11, 2018

Walking in Wonder: This Book of Conversations with John O’Donohue is Everything You Hope It Would Be

"So the spiritual life is about the liberation of God from our images of him,"...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Get Started On Your Journey Into Celtic Wisdom

This fall my new book, An Invitation to Celtic Wisdom, will be published. You can pre-order...

September 2017

September 19, 2017

Celtic Spirituality Online Course Begins October 2

Friends, sign up now for a new e-course starting on October 2, sponsored by Spirituality...

June 2017

June 09, 2017

At the Edge of Waiting — A Celtic Approach to Contemplation

The Irish word for contemplation — or contemplative prayer — is rinnfheitheamh. Yes, that’s a...

June 08, 2017

The Heart of Celtic Spirituality is Hospitality

The heart of Celtic spirituality is hospitality. Indeed, from even before the coming of Christianity,...

June 07, 2017

Saint Brigid (Part Two)

This is the second of a two-part series on Saint Brigid. Click here to read...

June 01, 2017

Saint Brigid (Part One)

Patrick may be the best known of the Celtic saints, but for many people, the...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Beyond the Green Beer: Getting to Know Saint Patrick

Patrick is shrouded in myth and legend — so much so that it’s virtually impossible...

May 26, 2017

Celtic Monks Observed Three Lents Each Year — Perhaps We Should Too

When we think of Celtic spirituality in our day, we might think of nature mysticism,...

May 15, 2017

Holy Wells: “Icons” of Celtic Spirituality

In my last post I made several references to Holy Wells as thin places. From the Chalice...

May 12, 2017

Thin Places: Are they Celtic, pre-Celtic, or Universal?

I first heard of the notion of Thin Places the first time I visited Glendalough,...

May 10, 2017

The Three Streams of Celtic Spirituality (and Three Lessons We Learn from it)

Friends, I am in the process of writing a book about Celtic spirituality. This will...

May 01, 2017

How the Deserts of Egypt Inspired the Saints of Ireland

In the Celtic lands, you’ll find places with names like Dysart or Dysert. There’s Dysart...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

C. S. Lewis, Brendan the Navigator, and Evelyn Underhill

In March I was one of several presenters at a symposium on C. S. Lewis and...

April 20, 2017

A Contemplative Faith — with a Gaelic Accent!

Friends, 2017 is shaping up to be the year of Celtic spirituality for me. I...

December 2007

December 23, 2007

Distinctive Qualities of Celtic Christianity

I've been pondering the question, "What are the disctinctive qualities of Celtic Christianity?" In thinking...