Evelyn Underhill: Foremother of Contemporary Spirituality

The Book of Wisdom promises that “In each generation wisdom passes into holy souls, she makes them friends of God and prophets.” In our own times we need to be on the lookout for these “friends of God and prophets” whom we will find in unlikely places.  Although they appear to serve their own times, […]

June 06, 2021 by Dana Greene
Categories: Community, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Retreat time, School of Contemplative Prayer, School of Prayer, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Book of Wisdom, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Contemporary Spirituality, dana greene, Evelyn Underhill, Evelyn Underhill 80th Anniversary, Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life, God, Inspiration, Karl Rahner, listening, mysticism, Mysticism: A Study of the Nature and Development of Man’s (sic) Spiritual Consciousness, prayer, presence, religion, retreat, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, and spirituality. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Deeper Than Words

A shimmering ray of sunlight brushed across her thick black hair. It slanted onto the table near the hard wooden chair where she sat slumped in sorrow. Her head was bowed and tears were flowing freely down her cheeks. She was surprised by this new and unexpected surge of grief. She thought it was over, […]

October 10, 2020 by Elizabeth Ward
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, Spiritual Guidance Program, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, Evelyn Underhill, God, grief, grounding, healing, holy listening, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John of the Cross, leadership, listening, love, peace, prayer, presence, Rublev Holy Trinity icon, sacred listening, silence, spiritual direction, spiritual friendship, spiritual growth, spiritual guidance, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.