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March 2024

March 26, 2024

Is This a Particularly Holy Week?

What Makes This Week So Holy? It is not because these eight days are measurably...

March 19, 2024

Completing a Contemplative Lent

Completing a Contemplative Lent The liturgical season of Lent ends this weekend on Palm Sunday....

March 14, 2024

How Are We Practicing Ramadan?

How Are We Practicing Ramadan? Islam is not the religious background which has shaped me....

February 2024

February 13, 2024

Spiritual Spring Cleaning

Spiritual Spring Cleaning A contemplative Lent is our opportunity to begin some serious spiritual spring...

February 01, 2024

The Feast Day of Saint Brigid

The Feast Day of Saint Brigid Today is the Feast Day of Saint Brigid, also...

January 2024

January 04, 2024

Epiphany Opens Our Eyes

Epiphany Opens Our Eyes Sometimes it seems like spiritual life is all about waiting and...

December 2023

December 21, 2023

Happy Birthday!

Happy Contemplative Birthday to You Tomorrow is my birthday. Yes, three days before Christmas. The...

December 19, 2023

Christmas Book Flood

Christmas Book Flood A few years ago I read about a Christmas practice in Iceland...

December 14, 2023

Following the Example of Ebenezer Scrooge

Following the Example of Ebenezer Scrooge For some reason, Ebenezer Scrooge has been on my...

December 07, 2023

Is Enjoying Life a Spiritual Practice?

Is Enjoying Life a Spiritual Practice? Many of us are convinced spiritual life is extremely...

December 05, 2023

Reading and Reflecting in 2024

Reading and Reflecting in 2024 A healthy practice of reading is more than simply loving...

November 2023

November 21, 2023

Practicing Advent Online

Practicing Advent Online Like many of us, the Pandemic revealed to me how much of...

November 07, 2023

Toward Gratitude

Toward Gratitude Some of us spend this month practicing our way toward gratitude. People post...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

What Masks Are We Wearing?

What Masks Are We Wearing? Some of us spent weeks finding masks and costumes for...

October 10, 2023

Making a Good Harvest

Making a Good Harvest I was brought up in a place where life was all...

September 2023

September 19, 2023

Preparing for Autumn

Preparing for Autumn In my memories preparing for autumn is filled with sacred significance. Now...

September 05, 2023

September

September For as long as I can remember, September has been one of my favorite...

August 2023

August 15, 2023

Laughing at Ourselves

Laughing at Ourselves Quite a few of the people I know assume spiritual life means...

August 03, 2023

Napping as a Spiritual Practice

Napping as a Spiritual Practice This is one of those weeks. We feel too tired...

July 2023

July 13, 2023

A Spiritual Practice of Doing Nothing

A Spiritual Practice of Doing Nothing Some of us believe there are things spiritual life...

June 2023

June 20, 2023

Coming Home This Summer

A Summer Spiritual Practice Welcome to the beginning of summer! Tomorrow is the solstice, the...

May 2023

May 23, 2023

What Difference Do Our Spiritual Practices Make?

What Difference Do Our Spiritual Practices Make? When we begin a spiritual practice, we generally...

May 04, 2023

How Do We Pray?

How Do We Pray? People ask us to pray for them or someone they know...

April 2023

April 04, 2023

Easter Reveals Itself to Us

Easter Reveals Itself to Us It might be obscured by many distractions, but this week...

March 2023

March 09, 2023

Centering Prayer for Lent: Practices From the Inside Out

Practicing Centering Prayer for Lent Centering prayer is one of my contemplative practices. It is...

February 2023

February 21, 2023

Open to Something New: Practices From the Inside Out

Open to Something New Does spiritual life help us become open to something new, or...

February 14, 2023

Valentine’s Day is Not All About Sex and Romance

Not All About Sex and Romance Valentine's Day is not all about sex and...

February 02, 2023

Do We See Our Own Shadow?: Practices From the Inside Out

Do We See Our Own Shadow? Groundhog Day is one of my favorite traditions. Do...

January 2023

January 11, 2023

Speaking Truth to Power: Practices From the Inside Out

Speaking Truth to Power It is easy for us to be confused about Martin Luther...

January 03, 2023

Practices From the Inside Out: We Begin to Prepare

We Begin to Prepare Why is it such a challenge for us to begin to...