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A few months ago I wrote about smartphone apps that are designed to support a...

I'm preparing for a retreat I'll be leading in Scotland next month, and so I'm...

Recently I led a Celtic spirituality retreat through the Copper Beech Institute in Connecticut. During...

We know the first woman who wrote a book in the English language (at least,...

A reader named Dave recently sent this question to me: Hi Carl, could you please...

Today's post is written by Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD, author of When the Heart Speaks, Listen:...

One of the most attractive, although challenging, qualities of the Cistercian charism is simplicity. It's...

In response to a post I wrote last year — "What to Do When Prayer...

What is the future of humanity? Will we ever evolve beyond our current identity of homo...

Since I have written about witchcraft and neopaganism — both books and posts on this...

Note from Carl: Today's guest post is by Phileena Heuertz, and is an excerpt from...

Over the past month I have written several posts about Centering Prayer and contemplation, all...

A Meditation for Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud,...

Alleluia! Lent is almost over! In just a few days to come we will journey...

This is the third of a series of blog posts in response to a lengthy...

Recently on social I media I offered this observation: My online friend James Ishmael Ford,...

Asheville, NC is one of my favorite places in the world. Beautiful mountains, a thriving...

Last week on this blog I posted a detailed email I received from a reader...

I received the following email from a reader. I'm editing it slightly for the purpose...

On the day before my 58th birthday, a man who was just a few weeks...

In August 2015 I had the opportunity to record a series of videos in front...

Mysticism is a notoriously squirrelly word to try to define. In The Big Book of Christian...

Today's guest post is by Jon M. Sweeney, author of numerous books including The Pope's...

A reader of this blog wrote to ask me this question: How does Centering Prayer...

Update: Sorry, friends, the sale is over. But I hope you'll still consider this book...

My dear friends, it's time to announce a new book that's coming out this fall....

Twice this month, the lesser-known English mystic Walter Hilton has shown up on this blog....

A reader of one of my previous blog posts sent me this question via Facebook...

The other day I wrote a post about a dream I had back in the...

One night in a dream I found myself near the Ballston Metro station in Arlington,...