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A Mystic for Our Times
Today’s article is by Mirabai Starr (March 2017 eNews) What can Teresa of Avila offer us five hundred years after her death? Teresa models the living balance between action and contemplation, serving others and developing an interior life, engaging in passionate human relationships and surrendering to the divine mystery. She was an ecstatic mystic and skillful…
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Nothing ever goes away
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ~Pema Chödrön
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Streams of Water
Today’s post is by Maria Cristina Borges Alvarez, a Cuban priest serving in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego As the deer pants for the water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. ~Psalm 42, 1-2a How my soul has longed for those streams of water…
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Learn about yourself
Experience the beauties of nature, and in doing so, learn about yourself. ~Japanese Proverb
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Inner Authority
Today’s post is by Lerita Coleman Brown For Howard Thurman an important principle linking contemplation to social activism was the notion of Inner Authority. …Both Jesus and Thurman believed that no matter how repressive external circumstances become, as children of God, we are each created with this inner sanctuary. Thus, being aware of one’s inner…
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This is a Time for Contemplatives
Today’s post is by Patience Robbins As I continue to feel the turbulence, conflict and great uncertainty in the air, in me, in our country and world, I struggle to remember what I know from my many years of intentional spiritual practice and my life as a contemplative. Here are a few things that come:…