Nouwen: The Power of the Spirit
In and through Jesus we come to know God as a powerless God, who becomes dependent on us. But it is precisely in this powerlessness…
Author: Jeff Imbach
Live Your Spirituality
The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived. …
Julian of Norwich
“Our loving Lord does not want his servants to despair because they fall often and grievously; for our falling does not hinder him in loving…
Gratitude
God, you have given me another day of totally gratuitous life: my health, my eyes, my ears, my mind, my taste, my family, my freedom,…
A Jewish Prayer
If my lips could sing as many songs as there are waves of the sea: if my tongue could sing as many hymns as there…
Thomas Merton on what really IS
Contemplation is the sudden intuitive penetration of what really IS. It is the unexpected leap of the spirit of man into the existential luminosity of…
Desire for "I know not what"
When I have the experience of desiring “I know not what,” I am experiencing God creating me now in all the particulars of my present…
A Prayer to Avoid Entitlement
The Center for Action and Contemplation sent out this note in preparation for Lent. It is so good that it seemed appropriate to copy it…
The Silent Cry
” Mystics have very rarely separated themselves from existing historical religions; without externally changing a single letter, they understood the meaning of these religions more…
A New Year's gift from David Benner
Happy New Year to All of you! Here is a quote that sums up what seems to be the best New Year’s resolution of all…