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October 2019

October 19, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: What Are Spiritual Practices?

What Are Spiritual Practices? People talk to me about spiritual practices. Some people have questions...

October 17, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Where Can We Go To Find Wisdom?

Where Can We Go To Find Wisdom? Some of us experience our lives as never-ending...

October 15, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Making Friends With Stillness

Making Friends With Stillness We have created a world which is not friendly toward quiet....

October 12, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Gathering Our Harvest

Gathering Our Harvest I did not grow up where I live now. Where I live...

October 10, 2019

Monastic Strategies: More Today Than Yesterday and More Tomorrow

More Today Than Yesterday and More Tomorrow Most of us experience times when we feel...

October 08, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Recognizing the Sacred Within Stillness

Recognizing the Sacred Within Stillness For many of us the challenge of listening to sacred...

October 05, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Our Spiritual Practice of Taking Naps

Our Spiritual Practice of Taking Naps Today is one of those days. We feel too...

October 03, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Money is How We Keep Score

Money is How We Keep Score I believe Ted Turner said, "Life is a game....

October 01, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Listening in Online Stillness

Listening in Online Stillness Some of us feel overwhelmed by the flood of information we...

September 2019

September 28, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Talking About Jesus

Talking About Jesus There are people who read what I write and ask me why...

September 24, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Looking Sacred Stillness in the Face

Looking Sacred Stillness in the Face Some of us experience praying like reading a book....

September 21, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Is There a Good Reason for Spiritual Life?

Is There a Good Reason for Spiritual Life? Some of us seem to believe spiritual...

September 19, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Knowing and Becoming Our True Selves

Knowing and Becoming Our True Selves How do we ever really know and become our...

September 17, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: The Stillness of Falling Leaves

The Stillness of Falling Leaves There is something about the stillness of falling leaves...

September 14, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Breathing In and Breathing Out

Benedict’s Rule says, “Always, we begin again.” Each breath, we breathe in opportunities to begin...

September 12, 2019

Monastic Strategies: The Times They Are Changing

The Times They Are Changing I appreciate the time I spend on retreat at New...

September 10, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Hope and Despair in the Stillness

Hope and Despair in the Stillness Stillness is inextricably linked to hope and despair for...

September 07, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Living With Our Eyes Open

Are Our Eyes Open? We each open our eyes at least once each day. Sometimes...

September 05, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Heading in a NonDirective Direction

Heading in a NonDirective Direction Some of us grow up believing in the importance of...

September 03, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Clinging to the Icy Edge of Stillness

Clinging to the Icy Edge of Stillness Some of us like to believe listening to...

August 2019

August 31, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?

Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day? Some of us have little or no understanding of...

August 27, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Listening In Solitude and In Stillness

In Solitude and In Stillness Many of us cannot remember when we were last by...

August 24, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Practicing Our Way into Becoming

Practicing Our Way Into Becoming Some of us believe our lives are determined primarily by our...

August 22, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Giving Each Action Its Own Time

Giving Each Action Its Own Time It begins before I lift my head from the...

August 20, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Listening Makes a Difference

Listening Makes a Difference Some of us schedule time in our calendars to practice listening...

August 17, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Reflecting, Resting, Recovery

Reflecting, Resting, Recovery I know people who believe we can push ourselves all the time....

August 13, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Stillness Takes Us Beyond Our Fears

Stillness Takes Us Beyond Our Fears Many of us experience lives constrained by our fears....

August 10, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Creating Sacred Space and Time

Creating Sacred Space and Time We sometimes hear people talk about sacred spaces. Actors and...

August 08, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Building Reflective Communities

Building Reflective Communities I know people who seem to assume being part of a monastic...

August 06, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: When Stillness Listens to Us

When Stillness Listens to Us Many of us who practice listening to sacred stillness rely...