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August 2020

August 28, 2020
What does it mean to live a contemplative life? Especially for those of us who...
August 17, 2020
Forgiveness is a central tenet of Christian faith and practice. But what exactly is it?...
August 07, 2020
An email came to me today, with this question: Dear Carl, I read your Big Book...

July 2020

July 28, 2020
Shortly after concluding my Praying with the Spanish Mystics Retreat, one of the persons who...
July 25, 2020
This week I facilitated my second Zoom retreat hosted by the monks of Holy Cross...
July 23, 2020
If you are interested in Celtic mythology — and curious about how to integrate the...
July 09, 2020
In these extraordinary times that we find ourselves in, I have been profoundly moved at...

June 2020

June 25, 2020
Ireland is a land shaped by myth, story, and poetry — and her sister countries...
June 18, 2020
A reader named Beth writes: Hi Carl, I started reading "The Big Book of Christian...
June 15, 2020
Today (June 15) is a day for remembering the passing of Evelyn Underhill, who died...

May 2020

May 26, 2020
Today I want to share with you something I co-wrote with my wife, Fran. For...
May 05, 2020
A reader named Brian writes: Being a Lay Cistercian seems to be an important part...

April 2020

April 20, 2020
In March 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders started to show up at local...
April 14, 2020
It's been over a month now since the World Health Organization has acknowledged that COVID-19...
April 08, 2020
In my book Unteachable Lessons I talk about Kenneth Leech, the Anglican priest who wrote a...

March 2020

March 05, 2020
It's March, and that means St. Patrick's Day is just a few days away! This...

February 2020

February 21, 2020
A reader writes: Carl, do you think the Catholic Church has more scope to welcome...
February 17, 2020
One of this blog's readers wrote to me this past Saturday (February 15, 2020) to...
February 03, 2020
Over the years I have discovered that there are three types of people interested in...

January 2020

January 16, 2020
Dear friends, I'm excited that a new video in which I lead the practice of...
January 14, 2020
A couple of days ago in a dream I was instructed to write about "Blessed...

December 2019

December 27, 2019
Today's Guest Post is by Sr. Julia Walsh, FSPA. It’s a gray day, one of...
December 16, 2019
Recently I posted this quote from Fr. Thomas Keating on Facebook: If you're curious about...
December 08, 2019
Please visit www.patreon.com/carlmccolman to discover how you can have early access to my newest writing...
December 06, 2019
1969 was quite a year, and so in 2019 we've had plenty of "50th Anniversary"...
December 02, 2019
A reader recently wrote this to me on Facebook: I've been on a spiritual journey...
December 02, 2019
December 3, 2019 is "Giving Tuesday." It's a day designed to highlight the many worthy...
December 01, 2019
It's the first Sunday of Advent. So liturgically speaking, it's a new church year. Happy...

November 2019

November 28, 2019
Here's a list of books published in the last eighteen months on a variety of...
November 26, 2019
If you are looking for a wonderful Christmas gift idea, I've got a suggestion for...
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