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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,...

I believe that anyone who is serious about embracing the Christian contemplative path needs some form...

Christianity has a long history of contemplative practice. But many scholars and spiritual teachers within...

N.B. I wrote the first draft of this post about a year ago, at a...

Today is the feast of the presentation. It’s also traditionally known as Candlemas; it was...

About ten miles or so from Thomas Merton Square in Louisville, KY — the street...

A friend on Facebook named Stephanie posed this question to me: Hello Carl, I am...

  One of this blog's patrons named Aaron asked, in response to my post Nonduality...

I know, I know — a blog post about new years' resolutions several weeks after...

Sometimes people will ask me if "contemplation" and "mysticism" are synonyms. I admit: I often...

A reader named Andrew wrote to me and asked this question: What do you think...

A reader named Thomas wrote to me: Dear Sir; Blessings.  Where can a person go...