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November 2019

November 08, 2019
I often get asked if Christian mysticism needs the institutional church. Do you have to...
November 02, 2019
A friend of mine posted the following fascinating observation recently on Facebook: I am easing...

October 2019

October 16, 2019
Today's post is by guest contributor Dr. Marie Marquardt, who is a novelist (Dream Things...
October 11, 2019
One of the most beautiful passages in the New Testament — perhaps even one of...
October 04, 2019
“Follow your heart.” It’s a classic phrase of advice and encouragement, for we know that...

September 2019

September 27, 2019
Today’s post is by a guest author, Dr. David Rensberger, author of Johannine Faith and Liberating...
September 24, 2019
"What is your greatest hope for this book?" This question came to me the other...
September 20, 2019
One of the most popular verses in the Bible is Psalm 46:10: “Be still and...
September 10, 2019
Stuart Higginbotham tells how being the target of protests by Westboro Baptist Church during last...
September 04, 2019
So often, it seems to me, that people who are drawn to the Christian tradition...

August 2019

August 20, 2019
What are the characteristics of a mystic? I know two elderly monks at the local...
August 14, 2019
One of the scariest moments for me, as an author, is when my editor and...
August 02, 2019
On his live album Precious Friend, Arlo Guthrie cracked a joke: “You can’t have a...

July 2019

July 26, 2019
This month marks nine years since The Big Book of Christian Mysticism was published. Hard to believe it's been that...
July 19, 2019
A note from Carl: It was forty years ago this summer — the summer of...
July 12, 2019
Nothing says "Catholic" quite as much as a rosary. But anyone — Catholic or Orthodox,...
July 05, 2019
Today’s post is by a guest contributor: Brother Mark Dohle, OCSO, who serves as the Guestmaster...
July 04, 2019
Get The Big Book of Christian Mysticism ebook version for your favorite ebook reader for...

June 2019

June 29, 2019
Today's Guest Post is by Sr. Julia Walsh, FSPA. Sr. Julia is a Franciscan Sister of...
June 26, 2019
My children, I am again in the pain of childbirth, until Christ is formed in...
June 20, 2019
In my forthcoming book Unteachable Lessons, I tell how I spent a period of time estranged...
June 13, 2019
A few months ago I wrote about smartphone apps that are designed to support a...
June 04, 2019
I'm preparing for a retreat I'll be leading in Scotland next month, and so I'm...

May 2019

May 23, 2019
Recently I led a Celtic spirituality retreat through the Copper Beech Institute in Connecticut. During...
May 08, 2019
We know the first woman who wrote a book in the English language (at least,...
May 06, 2019
A reader named Dave recently sent this question to me: Hi Carl, could you please...
May 04, 2019
Today's post is written by Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD, author of When the Heart Speaks, Listen:...
May 02, 2019
One of the most attractive, although challenging, qualities of the Cistercian charism is simplicity. It's...

April 2019

April 29, 2019
In response to a post I wrote last year — "What to Do When Prayer...
April 24, 2019
What is the future of humanity? Will we ever evolve beyond our current identity of homo...
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