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August 2019

August 03, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Why Are We Still Climbing?

Why Are We Still Climbing? There are days when we are not sure why we...

August 01, 2019

Monastic Practices: Books On Our Summer Reading Lists

Our Summer Reading Lists Do you have a summer reading list of books you hope...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: When Stillness Embraces Us

When Stillness Embraces Us Most of us feel nervous, or at least a little uncomfortable,...

July 27, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Being Good Neighbors

Are We Good Neighbors? For many of us there are specific practices which are basic...

July 23, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Stillness on Sleepless Nights

Stillness on Sleepless Nights There are nights when sleep is particularly elusive. I lie there...

July 20, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: A Series of Small Steps

A Series of Small Steps Fifty years ago today two astronauts took small steps which...

July 18, 2019

Monastic Strategies: What We See in Our Own Reflection

What We See in Our Own Reflection We live in a world which discourages us...

July 16, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Sacred Stillness is Like the Ocean

Sacred Stillness is Like the Ocean Oceans make a deep impression on us. I grew...

July 13, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Hearing What Spiritual Life Says

Hearing What Spiritual Life Says Some of us find it difficult to hear what spiritual...

July 11, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Speaking Truth in the Face of Power

Speaking Truth in the Face of Power Everyone I know wants to speak truth, but...

July 09, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: 20 Minutes Twice a Day

20 Minutes Twice a Day Listening to sacred stillness each day I follow guidelines for...

July 06, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: When the Ground Shifts Under Us

When the Ground Shifts Under Us I live in a place where we experience earthquakes,...

July 04, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Celebrating Our Independence

Celebrating Our Independence Today is the anniversary of the day 234 years ago when the...

July 02, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Resting in Warm Summer Stillness

Resting in Warm Summer Stillness How is summer going for us so far? Are we settling...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Opening Windows and Doors

Opening Windows and Doors I know people who expect other people to open windows and...

June 25, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: The Stillness of Empty Screens

The Stillness of Empty Screens One of the contemplative practices with which I have struggled...

June 22, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: What is Our Path Toward God?

What is Our Path Toward God? Many of us see ourselves on a spiritual journey,...

June 20, 2019

Monastic Strategies: What Does a Spiritual Director Actually Do?

What Does a Spiritual Director Do? It is not unusual, when some asks me what...

June 18, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Taking Delight in Our Stillness

Taking Delight in Our Stillness Many of us find stillness a challenge in our peripatetic,...

June 15, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: How Do We Live in Times Like These?

How Do We Live in Times Like These? Some of us have had enough. Every...

June 13, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Do Our Rituals Create Us or Do We Create Them?

Do Our Rituals Create Us or Do We Create Them? Are we creatures of our...

June 11, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: The Stillness of Knowing Ourselves

The Stillness of Knowing Ourselves For many of us spiritual life focuses on our personal...

June 08, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Spiritual Life Sparks Our Fire

Spiritual Life Sparks Our Fire I belong to a liturgical church. Liturgical churches often try...

June 06, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Appreciating Questions as Much as Answers

Appreciating Questions as Much as Answers Many of us become interested in spiritual life because...

June 04, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Where Do We Find Our Needed Rest?

Where Do We Find Our Needed Rest? I have needed rest recently. Since having surgery a...

June 01, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: Seeing Through Eyes of Love

Seeing Through Eyes of Love Spiritual life works in us to change the way we...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Monastic Strategies: When We Are Living at the Speed of Life

Living at the Speed of Life Some of us are in a rush to live...

May 28, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Finding the Stillness Within Us

Listening to the Sacred Stillness Within Us We sit still, listening to the sacred stillness...

May 25, 2019

Practices From the Inside Out: We Remember and We Forget

We Remember This is a weekend for us to remember. We take time in our...

May 23, 2019

Listening to Sacred Stillness: We Begin and End in Stillness

We Begin in Stillness Sitting and listening in stillness is how we start. We give...