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October 2013

October 03, 2013
In September and October 2013 I wrote a series of blog posts called "Why Contemplation...

September 2013

September 27, 2013
In September and October 2013 I wrote a series of blog posts called "Why Contemplation...
September 26, 2013
I've posted both of the following quotes in this blog before, but they are such...
September 25, 2013
  Autumn in Georgia is a mild and lovely season, marked by golden sunlight, cool...
September 20, 2013
Once again, Alison Leigh Lilly wows me with the elegance, beauty and insight of her...

July 2013

July 31, 2013
The motto of Benedictine spirituality is ora et labora — a deceptively simple Latin phrase that...

May 2013

May 31, 2013
"Are you a monk?" I get asked that question a lot, especially when I'm at...
May 29, 2013
Here are three brief excerpts from a talk I gave in Portland, OR, in October...

January 2013

January 17, 2013
First, the obituary... Retired Major John D McColman, USAF, 89, passed from this life in...
January 16, 2013
My father passed away yesterday. He was 89 years old. This was the end of...

December 2012

December 21, 2012
Are you interested in exploring the richness of dialogue and interspiritual practice between Christianity and...
December 07, 2012
Pick up any edition of The Cloud of Unknowing, and you are likely to find...

November 2012

November 01, 2012
This post is aimed at people who blog, or have a podcast, or in some...

August 2012

August 09, 2012
A relatively new offering from Orbis Books provides a very nice overview of the history...

July 2012

July 23, 2012
As our nation reeled in shock and dismay after the mass killings at the premiere...
July 23, 2012
A reader writes: I love reading your articles but am new to the terminology. What is...
July 20, 2012
A reader of this blog writes to me: Hi Carl.  I was reading Richard Rohr's The...

June 2012

June 12, 2012
...there are other, deeper indicators of a loss of vitality in the American church. The...

March 2012

March 30, 2012
But now see what it is to adore God: it is, in the Christian faith,...

December 2011

December 14, 2011
In the summer of 1992, I was in a rather nasty car accident. It left...

September 2011

September 04, 2011
A sermon preached at First Christian Church of Decatur, Decatur GA, on September 4, 2011 Scripture: Matthew 18:20 “Where...
September 01, 2011
Then you should readily and trustfully commit yourself and all that concerns you to the...

October 2010

October 31, 2010
So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was...

August 2010

August 03, 2010
Note from Carl: Sunday the lay associates had a potluck lunch at the Monastery of...

March 2010

March 05, 2010
This thought came to me yesterday. We Christians understand spirituality and mysticism in communal ways:...

September 2009

September 22, 2009
I'm a beginner with the bass guitar. I bought an inexpensive Ibanez bass the January...
September 05, 2009
In her introduction to Orbis Books' Essential Writings of Evelyn Underhill, Emilie Griffin notes that...

July 2008

July 11, 2008
Today is the feast of St. Benedict. This morning at mass, Father Tom Francis (who...

January 2008

January 05, 2008
I am saddened to have learned of the passing of John O'Donohue, author of Anam...

December 2007

December 23, 2007
I've been pondering the question, "What are the disctinctive qualities of Celtic Christianity?" In thinking...
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