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March 2022

March 24, 2022

Spiritual Direction: Paying Attention to Spring

Paying Attention to Spring It can be a challenge for us to pay attention to...

March 22, 2022

Practices From the Inside Out: Are We Having a Good Lent?

Are We Having a Good Lent? We are almost two weeks into the liturgical season...

March 16, 2022

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Stillness Before Daylight Saving Dawn

Stillness Before Daylight Saving Dawn Mornings last week were beginning to show the first omens...

March 10, 2022

Monastic Strategies: When This World Breaks Our Hearts

When This World Breaks Our Hearts We live in heartbreaking times, filled with painful news...

March 08, 2022

Spiritual Direction: Where Do We Go to Get More?

Where Do We Go to Get More? We live in a world where almost everyone...

March 03, 2022

Practices From the Inside Out: Practicing Lent as Contemplatives

Practicing Lent as Contemplatives I am a member of a church where one liturgical season...

February 2022

February 24, 2022

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Discerning Guidance in the Stillness

Discerning Guidance in the Stillness What is guidance and why would we listen to stillness...

February 22, 2022

Monastic Strategies: Crying Peace When There is No Peace

Crying Peace When There is No Peace We live in a world where peace is...

February 17, 2022

Spiritual Direction: Facing the Secret Darkness Within Us

Facing the Secret Darkness Within Us Many of us see ourselves as beings full...

February 12, 2022

Listening to Sacred Stillness: When We Are Too Tired to Listen

When We Are Too Tired to Listen I believe it is important for us to...

February 08, 2022

Spiritual Direction: Lighting the Fire of Inspiration in Our Hearts

Lighting the Fire of Inspiration How do we practice lighting the fire of inspiration in...

February 03, 2022

Monastic Strategies: Being a Monk in the City

Being a Monk in the City Some of us believe it is impossible to be...

February 01, 2022

Practices From the Inside Out: A Writing Practice for Lent

A Writing Practice for Lent Lent is a liturgical season which, for many of us,...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

Listening to Sacred Stillness: The Music of Stillness

The Music of Stillness Music has become something in the background of my life. I...

January 25, 2022

Spiritual Direction: Spiritual Life in a Bottomless Pit

Spiritual Life in a Bottomless Pit Many of us experience these days as living in...

January 13, 2022

Guest Post; Book Review; The Hermits of Big Sur by Paula Huston

My guest today is Charles Kruger, a San Francisco Bay area arts practitioner also known...

January 11, 2022

Listening to Sacred Stillness: January Stillness

January Stillness There is nothing quite like the January stillness first thing on a new...

January 06, 2022

Practices From the Inside Out: What is Epiphany All About?

What is Epiphany All About? Sometimes it seems like spiritual life is all about waiting...

December 2021

December 29, 2021

Spiritual Direction: The Week at the End of the Year

The Week at the End of the Year This is it. The final week of...

December 21, 2021

Practices From the Inside Out: Celebrating the Winter Solstice

Celebrating the Winter Solstice Many of us are afraid of darkness. We feel darkness growing...

December 16, 2021

Spiritual Direction: Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Tidings of Comfort & Joy We believe this is a season for tidings of comfort...

December 14, 2021

Monastic Strategies: We Are Lights Shining in the Darkness

Lights Shining in the Darkness We live in a world of deep darkness where many...

December 07, 2021

Listening to Sacred Stillness: Seeking Wisdom in Stillness

Seeking Wisdom in Stillness What is wisdom and how do we find it? Where do...

December 02, 2021

Practices From the Inside Out: Advent Lessons & Carols

Advent Lessons & Carols Each year, our liturgical church has a special service of Advent...

November 2021

November 23, 2021

Practices From the Inside Out: Contemplative Thanksgiving

Exploring Contemplative Thanksgiving Can we have a contemplative Thanksgiving? Is Thanksgiving even still its own...

November 18, 2021

Practices From the Inside Out: Taking a Holiday From the Holidays

Are Our Holidays Happy? Happy Holidays! How often have we already heard someone wish us...

November 09, 2021

Listening to Sacred Stillness: The Stillness of Autumn Evenings

Stillness of Autumn Evenings One of the ways I most enjoy listening to the sacred...

November 05, 2021

Spiritual Direction: Looking for Light in the Darkness

Looking for Light in the Darkness We are people living in a world of deep...

November 02, 2021

Practices From the Inside Out: November Can Be a Contemplative Month

November Can Be a Contemplative Month November can be a particularly contemplative month. It begins...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Spiritual Direction: When Whatever We See Makes Us Afraid

When Whatever We See Makes Us Afraid Some of us are preparing to celebrate the...