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January 2017

January 06, 2017

The Assurance of Winter

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Redwoods, Give Me A Word

The towering redwoods of northern California have always mystified me. I'm constantly swept away with...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

The Voice of the Heart

Listening to the voice of my heart has never come easy for me. I'm usually...

May 2016

May 14, 2016

Revelation 21: 5

It starts in a room of silence. A room where disciples are gathered together in...

May 03, 2016

A Pill for Contemplative Spirituality?

“Is there a pill I can take for that?” said my eight year old son,...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Why I Need Contemplative Spirituality

In his eminently affable and uncontroversial way, theologian Stanley Hauerwas once suggested he’s a...

February 2016

February 01, 2016

Why Do Old Spiritual Texts Seem Boring?

Part of prayer is learning to pray with all other Christians – where two or...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

Our Hearts Are Deadly Until They Find Rest In You

The most perilous place for each of us is the desert within our own hearts;...

December 2015

December 23, 2015

Resting in Silence

“It all happened in silence; it happens in silence.” A Monk of Snowmass Monastery While...

December 20, 2015

Rattling the Secret Key of Salvation

O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one...

December 19, 2015

O Radix Jesse

O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will...

December 18, 2015

Suffering Divine Things

O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,who appeared to Moses in the fire...

December 14, 2015

Memorial of St. John of the Cross

“Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to...

December 09, 2015

An Invitation Into Wonder

“Wonder is involuntary praise.” English Poet, Edward Young, (1683-1765) Reflection: Whether we reflect on it or...