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Answering the Contemplative Call ebooks now available

By in Announcements, Books

I’m happy to announce that three different ebook versions of Answering the Contemplative Call are now available. Pick your preferred version: Kindle Version Nook Version iBooks Version And of course, if you’d rather have the old fashioned paper-&-ink version: Buy it at Amazon But it at Barnes & Noble But it at an Independent Bookstore (Online or Near [...]

Read full story · Comments { 6 } · February 14, 2013

Dreaming the Tiger

By in movies, Spirituality

My family and I went to see Life of Pi last night. I have not (yet) read the book, but Gareth Higgins (who knows a lot more about movies than I do) says it’s one of the best novel adaptations he’s ever seen. I can only judge the movie on its own merits, and I’d [...]

Read full story · Comments { 2 } · November 24, 2012

Practical Discipline

By in Books

There was a sense of freedom in knowing that I would never run out of room to grow. There was peace in knowing the race was over. Where I was right now was just where I should be, given the amount of effort I had expended. I saw the wake behind my boat for the [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · July 19, 2012

The Spirit of George and Jack

By in Books, Christianity, Spirituality

This past weekend I led a retreat at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit called “The Spirituality of George MacDonald and C. S. Lewis.” Following Lewis’s longstanding nickname, I affectionately referred to our topic as “The Spirit of George and Jack.” Weekend retreats at the monastery typically include five conferences: one Friday evening, three on [...]

Read full story · Comments { 8 } · June 18, 2012

Craving, Avarice, and Deadly Sin

By in Spirituality

Had an interesting exchange on Twitter over the weekend. It began with I made the following tweet: According to Dorothee Soelle, the Christian “deadly sin” of avarice equals the Buddhist concept of craving. Here is the quote from Dorothee Soelle which inspired my pithy little comment. Possessions are often regarded as a kind of life-threatening [...]

Read full story · Comments { 8 } · June 11, 2012

Before We Face the Monkey Mind

By in Contemplation, silence, Spirituality

A reader has written to me with the following question: I make my living as a psychotherapist & most of my work is spiritually oriented counseling with Christians.  I have long been trying to introduce clients to contemplation through encouraging brief periods of silence, solitude and openness  (15-20 min).  I also taught an introductory  course [...]

Read full story · Comments { 5 } · June 4, 2012

The Desert and the Dark Night

By in Spirituality

In the Christian tradition, there are two symbols which recur frequently in the literature of contemplative prayer: the symbols of Desert and of Dark Night. The Desert symbol spans the spiritual history of the people of God from Abraham’s movement into unknown territory, through the wanderings in the wilderness, the desert movement of the early [...]

Read full story · Comments { 6 } · May 26, 2012
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