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July 2013

July 26, 2013

Sinéad O’Connor, Anne Lamott, and the many names of God

Sinéad O’Connor is bringing the gospel to the Lincoln Center Festival, presenting a set of...

July 16, 2013

The monk who wanted to live in the sky

I am utterly captivated by this story. In the country of Georgia stands a 140-foot...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Want to see how un-Christlike you are? Try raising kids

If you're looking for a gauge to measure how un-Christlike you are, try raising kids....

January 2013

January 19, 2013

Porn and the contemplative life

They don't mix, if you're looking for the answer up front. There are perhaps several...

December 2012

December 07, 2012

Christians under attack in Syria, Iran, N. Korea

"O Lord . . . for thy sake I bear reproach." --Jeremiah 15.15 An Algerian...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

There’s no such thing as private prayer

Modern Christians have a tendency to view their prayer life as a private matter. But...

July 2012

July 05, 2012

The sound of (blessed) silence

How often do we listen for God, hear the thoughts of our hearts, reflect, and...

July 01, 2012

The Lord’s Prayer: God’s words, our needs

Why does the Lord's Prayer matter? Let the context answer the question. In Luke's account,...

May 2012

May 17, 2012

The business of prayer

It's easy to delay prayer as we brace for the daily grind, and easier still...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

Understanding God’s mysterious methods

It's easy to get frustrated at God and the way he appears to be ignoring...

April 05, 2012

Why pray the hours?

When you read the scriptures, you not only learn about the content of prayer (contrition,...

July 2011

July 06, 2011

Enriched by ritual

I run into people from time to time who are very skeptical of religious ritual,...

January 2011

January 11, 2011

Bonhoeffer’s blessed sign

I’ve been dipping in an out of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison and...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Thanks for everything

Get this scene: A monk sits on a train. A fellow passenger approaches and offers...

September 13, 2010

Remember why we work

They call it a “livelihood” or “making a living” for a reason. Mostly because of...

August 2010

August 10, 2010

Following Jesus in the Psalms

Jesus tells us to pick up our cross and follow him, and he makes a...

August 04, 2010

Praying the Psalms

I wonder how often we find our prayers dead and lifeless. I wonder how often...

August 02, 2010

The Psalms in Christian life

The American patriot leader Joseph Warren was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in...

July 2010

July 20, 2010

The saintly imperative

I think that the concept of personal holiness is a bit misleading. In the Orthodox...

July 09, 2010

Weeding and cultivating life

When I was a boy I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandfather....

July 08, 2010

How to avoid ineffectual prayers

James, the brother of Jesus, was serious about his prayer. He used to go to...

July 06, 2010

Making the sign of the cross

There is a passage in C. S. Lewis’ book, The Screwtape Letters, that helps explain...

August 2009

August 03, 2009

Prayer and the workday

The Financial Times recently ran a piece on the value of meditation in the workplace....

July 2009

July 17, 2009

Escape the busyness and find inner calm

"The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness," said Spanish philosopher José Ortega y...

June 2008

June 08, 2008

Prayer by the book (2)

I have my children every other week. At night we pray. I’m not as consistent...

June 06, 2008

Prayer by the book

“Pray without ceasing.” “The fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.” In the church...