In this week's summary of reflections at the Center for Contemplation and Action, Barbara Brown Taylor's synthesis of the apophatic ...

This is my favorite time of year: the gradual letting go of Terra Mater's  warm colors of autumn as she begins her slow descent into the...

We've been back home from Canada for a full week now: it was a joy to enter each day without an agenda and be fully free from anxiety or...

The late John O'Donohue put it best: When our eyes are graced with wonder, the world reveals its wonders to us. There are people who se...

Tonight is the close of our journey North of the 40th parallel: it is always bitter sweet to leave both because we're eager to be back i...

On and off since Easter 2026 - with periodic other forays, as well - my heart has been aflame with interest in both the Mothers and Fathers...

As our quiet time away winds down, I came upon an insight from Thomas Merton that is worth sharing: " The geographical pilgrimage is th...

Slowly wandering each day through another small area of les Cantons-de-l'Este (the Eastern Townships of Quebec to the East of Montreal)...

For the past three days of this retreat I've been inwardly focused. Specifically, I've been listening to, remembering, praying over,...

After four full days of family connections, including marking the ninth birthday of our granddaughter Anna along with a week of wandering an...

Today, in Western Christianity, is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, and in the Eastern Church, the Dormition of the Theotoko...