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August 17, 2016
Proof that the Contemplative Life is Good For You
Okay, my new hero is Sister Madonna Buder. Here is what Wikipedia has to say...
August 16, 2016
Books for Beginning the Spiritual Journey
Here is a list of several books I recommend for spiritual seekers — especially those...
August 10, 2016
The Mystical Body
How do we embody the contemplative life? And how does the contemplative life make a...
August 04, 2016
Remembering the Three Dimensions of Prayer at Every Mass
Do you know why Catholics make three small crosses with their thumb — on their...
August 03, 2016
Joyful Sanctity
What is the relationship between holiness and joy? A reader named Gordon writes, in response...
July 2016
July 22, 2016
St. Benedict and the Prosperity Gospel
This past Tuesday night my wife and I went with some 19,000 other folks to hear...
July 20, 2016
Recommended Reading for Spiritual Accompaniment
Spiritual direction, also known as spiritual accompaniment, is an essential ministry for anyone seeking to embrace...
July 14, 2016
The Place of Joy in Christian Spirituality
What is the relationship between prayer and joy? If we enjoy our prayer, does that...
June 2016
June 22, 2016
Reviving an old page from my first blog
Reading books about the spiritual life can be a substitute for actually devoting time each...
June 16, 2016
St. Athanasius on the Nature of Angels
The Life of St Antony of the Desert, written by the fourth century Bishop of...
June 15, 2016
Contemplation and Peace
A Facebook friend shared with me that she has been "thinking about contemplative prayer as a...
June 15, 2016
Remembering (and Praying with) Evelyn Underhill
Today (June 15, 2016) marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Evelyn Underhill, the...
June 09, 2016
Rehabilitating Catholicism?
Rodney Stark is a Protestant historian who teaches at a prominent Baptist university. He's not...
June 08, 2016
What is Contemplation?
What is contemplation? Unfortunately, answering this question is tricky — for contemplation is like some other...
June 08, 2016
Georgia Author of the Year!
This past Saturday evening I received a lovely honor. The Georgia Writers' Association selected me as...
June 01, 2016
Charismatic Mysticism
"Do Gifts of the Spirit, especially those like tongues, have any connection with mysticism? Historically, theologically,...
May 2016
May 31, 2016
Remembering the Monks of Tibhirine
May 31, 2016 marks a grim anniversary in the history of the Cistercian Order. It's been...
May 25, 2016
Mystagogy: the Heart of Spiritual Formation
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults — the Catholic process by which adults enter...
May 18, 2016
Who’s Who Among the Christian Mystics…
My friends, I'm happy to announce my forthcoming book, due in October 2016. Christian Mystics:...
May 18, 2016
Coming in the Fall of 2016
Friends, I'm so excited to announce my forthcoming book, due in October 2016 from Hampton Roads...
May 17, 2016
“We have been given the Holy Spirit”
Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town where he had been brought up. And on the...
March 2016
March 23, 2016
This Silent Blog is Going Silent (But Only Until Pentecost)
I hope you have had a wonderful and prayerful Lent, and that your Holy Week...
March 23, 2016
This Silent Blog is Going Silent
I hope you have had a wonderful and prayerful Lent, and that your Holy Week...
March 22, 2016
Is Easter Dangerous? (Should it be?)
Many years ago, when God was a boy and I was an Episcopalian, I heard...
March 16, 2016
Do Contemplatives Need the Church?
A post on this blog received the following comment yesterday: Having been with the Catholic...
March 10, 2016
Dear Pope Francis… (or as they say in Ireland, A Phápa Proinsias, a chara…)
Did you know that when Pope Francis was a little boy, he wanted to be...
March 09, 2016
Three Approaches to Prayer When the Dry Times Come
A friend of mine posed the following question recently on Facebook: You may have written...
March 04, 2016
In Pursuit of Silence: A Quiet Movie with Much to Say
"Silence is where we speak something deeper than our words..." "Silence returns us to what...
March 02, 2016
Is There a “Contemplative” Personality Type?
I once heard Richard Rohr tell a charming story of giving a retreat at the...
March 01, 2016
A Memoir with a Message
As part of the Patheos Book Club, I've recently read Operating on Faith: A Painfully...
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