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December 2015

December 09, 2015
"If the goal of the contemplative is union with God, does the individual begin to...
December 09, 2015
As an author (especially as a spiritual author), I always have to walk a fine line: the...
December 08, 2015
So today is the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. It's...
December 04, 2015
Earlier today I joined Deborah Arca, one of the editors of Patheos, for a Skype...
December 03, 2015
Bruno Barnhart died on November 28, the birthday of William Blake. I never met the...
December 02, 2015
Over the past year I have become interested in the topic of "Christian leadership." People...

November 2015

November 28, 2015
An editor at Patheos recently pointed me to the following trailer, and suggested I blog...
November 09, 2015
If you want access to a living Catholic contemplative tradition, look to the Trappists. In...

October 2015

October 21, 2015
Friends, you may have noticed that I'm not posting much lately. Don't worry, that's only...
October 21, 2015
Okay, I know this is a "big fish in a small pond" moment. Indeed, it's...
October 13, 2015
Brother Wayne Teasdale, author of The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's...

September 2015

September 25, 2015
September 2015 has turned out to be a rough month, at least for awesome Anglican...
September 23, 2015
If you are the pastor of a church or parish, this post is for you....
September 17, 2015
One of the most colorful and remarkable of mystics, of any age, is the irrepressible...
September 16, 2015
Following the passing of Anglican contemplative theologian Kenneth Leech, I've been revisiting several of his...
September 13, 2015
I have learned of the passing of Father Kenneth Leech, who died on Saturday after...
September 13, 2015
I have learned of the passing of Father Kenneth Leech, who died on September 12,...
September 11, 2015
Last night I attended a Beginner's Meditation Class at the Dharma Jewel Monastery in Atlanta....
September 09, 2015
As a young man growing up in the American south, I heard the phrase "God...
September 04, 2015
I love the Beatles, and like many Beatles fans, I think The White Album is...
September 02, 2015
Walk into a Catholic bookstore — or a general bookstore large enough to have a...

August 2015

August 28, 2015
A friend of mine, who is the executive director of a progressive Christian ministry, told me...
August 26, 2015
One of my favorite quotations comes from Karl Rahner: "The Christian of the future will...
August 19, 2015
How can the wisdom of the monastery help folks like you and me — who...

July 2015

July 29, 2015
How, exactly, does Christian mysticism relate to all the other "mysticisms" of the world (Kabbalah,...
July 27, 2015
One of C.S. Lewis's last, and best, books was called The Four Loves. Drawing from four...
July 22, 2015
If you are active in a church or other faith community, and you are drawn...
July 22, 2015
One of my favorite contemporary authors is Mirabai Starr, who I first encountered through her...
July 15, 2015
Recently a reader left the following comment on this blog: I have been reading and...
July 10, 2015
If you were stranded on a desert island, what music would you want to accompany...
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