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Today I want to share with you something I co-wrote with my wife, Fran. For...

A reader named Brian writes: Being a Lay Cistercian seems to be an important part...

In March 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders started to show up at local...

It's been over a month now since the World Health Organization has acknowledged that COVID-19...

In my book Unteachable Lessons I talk about Kenneth Leech, the Anglican priest who wrote a...

It's March, and that means St. Patrick's Day is just a few days away! This...

A reader writes: Carl, do you think the Catholic Church has more scope to welcome...

One of this blog's readers wrote to me this past Saturday (February 15, 2020) to...

Over the years I have discovered that there are three types of people interested in...

Dear friends, I'm excited that a new video in which I lead the practice of...

A couple of days ago in a dream I was instructed to write about "Blessed...

Today's Guest Post is by Sr. Julia Walsh, FSPA. It’s a gray day, one of...

Recently I posted this quote from Fr. Thomas Keating on Facebook: If you're curious about...

Please visit www.patreon.com/carlmccolman to discover how you can have early access to my newest writing...

1969 was quite a year, and so in 2019 we've had plenty of "50th Anniversary"...

A reader recently wrote this to me on Facebook: I've been on a spiritual journey...

December 3, 2019 is "Giving Tuesday." It's a day designed to highlight the many worthy...

It's the first Sunday of Advent. So liturgically speaking, it's a new church year. Happy...

Here's a list of books published in the last eighteen months on a variety of...

If you are looking for a wonderful Christmas gift idea, I've got a suggestion for...

I often get asked if Christian mysticism needs the institutional church. Do you have to...

A friend of mine posted the following fascinating observation recently on Facebook: I am easing...

Today's post is by guest contributor Dr. Marie Marquardt, who is a novelist (Dream Things...

One of the most beautiful passages in the New Testament — perhaps even one of...

“Follow your heart.” It’s a classic phrase of advice and encouragement, for we know that...

Today’s post is by a guest author, Dr. David Rensberger, author of Johannine Faith and Liberating...

"What is your greatest hope for this book?" This question came to me the other...

One of the most popular verses in the Bible is Psalm 46:10: “Be still and...

Stuart Higginbotham tells how being the target of protests by Westboro Baptist Church during last...

So often, it seems to me, that people who are drawn to the Christian tradition...