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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...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

The Sacredness of Now

The bells began to ring just outside my window for Vigils, 3:15 am prayer, and...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Curing the Hungry, Feeding the Sick: Caring For Your Mentally Ill Friends, Part II

Let us imagine a feast. And let us imagine someone too mentally ill to...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

How to Offer Spiritual Care to Your Mentally Ill Friends: Part I

Loneliness. I think above all, this is the single word I want you to remember...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

A Mirror Held Up to Mystery: Eros, Sex, Censorship, and the Song of Solomon

Sex. It’s what the Song of Solomon is about. But ancient Christian readers were prudes...

April 21, 2016

Contemplation and the Practice of Friendship: A Review of Love & Salt

And there in that land I encountered a strange race of people, to whom was...

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 03, 2016

If Old Spiritual Texts Seem So Boring, Then Why Should We Read Them?

In the last post, I explored the way that, once we have moved beyond the glitter...