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November 2019

November 16, 2019

How to Be a Busy Parent and Pray Without Ceasing (Guest Post by Dani Kreutter)

“Absolute attention is prayer.” -Simone Weil “This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

On Christianity, God as Creativity, and the Arts

God is creativity. There’s something intrinsic to how God is conceived in the Bible that...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

Silence is Not Empty, It is Filled With God (Guest Post by Rich Lewis)

I cannot imagine a better start to each day than a silent sit. When I...

July 2019

July 19, 2019

The Transforming Power of Contemplative Prayer

Why is contemplative prayer so needed in our time? What good does the mystic generate...

May 2019

May 22, 2019

Two Books to Help You Pray From Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox is a prolific writer, from whom creative spirituality passionately pours forth. His two...

May 15, 2019

Mary Magdalene: the Movie and the Myth

Last week, my local independent cinema in Williamstown, MA showed a one-time showing of the...

May 01, 2019

The Monastery or the Beach?

I had it all planned out: a stay at a Trappist monastery planned for my...

April 2019

April 01, 2019

Game of Thrones and Nondual Consciousness?

Note: this is primarily written for Game of Thrones fans and contains spoilers. Game of...

March 2019

March 16, 2019

The Dark Night of Sense and the Problem with More – Kosmos Journal

The below is excerpted from my article in Kosmos Journal's Fall 2018 issue. It can...

March 14, 2019

Repentance and Thomas Keating’s Emotional Programs for Happiness

As Christians begin moving through the season of Lent, it's well-worth considering repentance. The forty...

March 04, 2019

Howard Thurman Teaches Collective Contemplation

Contemplation is not only personal, something to be pursued individually in the “prayer closet.” It...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Contemplation is for Everybody!

Contemplation has burst out of cloistered gates. For centuries, spiritual wisdom has been hidden but...