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October 2018

October 02, 2018
Recently I posted this on Facebook: In response, a reader made this comment: Carl, it...

September 2018

September 29, 2018
A reader of this blog wrote to me about the practice of silent prayer. He...
September 25, 2018
In response to my previous post from last October, Why Experience Is Not the Foundation of...
September 12, 2018
Did you know that one of the most popular authors in Catholic bookstores is a...
September 11, 2018
Today's post is by a guest author, Dr. David Rensberger, author of Johannine Faith and Liberating...
September 08, 2018
A reader named Kevin wrote and asked me:  What's your view on the phenomenon of...
September 05, 2018
A reader wrote this message to me recently: Carl, I just recently started centering prayer...

August 2018

August 30, 2018
This fall my new book, An Invitation to Celtic Wisdom, will be published. You can pre-order...
August 27, 2018
I sure know how to pick them (he says, ruefully). The two organizations that I...
August 24, 2018
Meister Eckhart is one of the most renowned of Christian mystics: a medieval philosopher who...
August 22, 2018
When I lead retreats, I often offer up a disclaimer: I am not an academic...
August 17, 2018
Over the next six months at least three noteworthy books on one of my favorite...
August 14, 2018
For years now I have loved Psalm 37, for it includes one of my favorite...
August 11, 2018
N.B. Today’s guest post is by Judith Valente, poet, Benedictine oblate, and author of How to...
August 08, 2018
Prayer and meditation — at least for people who believe in God, they go together...
August 05, 2018
In response to my article The Self, Self-Esteem, and Dying to Self, one reader posted...
August 02, 2018
In response to my recent article Why Are Mystics So... Weird?!?, one reader posted this comment

July 2018

July 28, 2018
I love booklists. I find browsing someone's list of recommended titles is a great way...
July 26, 2018
Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...
July 25, 2018
A reader of this blog named John wrote to me a while back and asked...
July 23, 2018
If you love the spirituality of the English people, a new treat awaits you, courtesy...
July 19, 2018
In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Saint Paul throws down the spiritual gauntlet. He instructs his readers...
July 16, 2018
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the last book Thomas Merton completed before his death,...
July 14, 2018
One thing I love about the mystics is just how weird they are. Obviously, there are...
July 11, 2018
To be a mystic is to be the explorer of both Divine and human mysteries...
July 05, 2018
Today's guest post is by Mark S. Burrows, translator of Rilke's Prayers of a Young...
July 02, 2018
A few months ago my wife and I jumped on the MoviePass bandwagon. We don't...

June 2018

June 28, 2018
One of the my favorite Christian writers is a woman who lived in fourteenth century...
June 25, 2018
Scripture very bluntly tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory...
June 22, 2018
N.B. Today's guest post is by Judith Valente, poet, Benedictine oblate, and author of How to...
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