Here is a remarkable video reflection by Bro. David, as he shares his thoughts on mysticism and the meaning of life. "A mystic is not a special type of person; rather, each person is a special type of mystic."

Here is an extremely meaningful video reflection by Cynthia Bourgeault on the Welcoming Practice.  This three-fold movement has been invaluable to me in all aspects of my life and spiritual practice: Focusing, Welcoming, Releasing.  I commend this to you!

Living from Our Depth A Stewardship Reflection I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.                                                 Ephesians... Continue Reading →

Proper 22, Year A Exodus 20:1-20; St. Matthew 21:33-46 October 8, 2017   Tranquilizers or Transformation        When my sister and I were kids, we hated doing our chores.  She hated cleaning her room, and we would find old sandwiches under her bed.  One of my chores—which I found so odd at the time—was dusting... Continue Reading →

Here is a video reflection on the Snowmass gathering for the New Contemplatives Exchange, in August 2017.  Many thanks to Leonardo Correa, from Brazil, who is with the World Community for Christian Meditation.  Leo did an amazing job capturing a glimpse of what we experienced there.

Christ’s Spirit, Christ’s Mind: A Deeper Stewardship      Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind... Continue Reading →

A Call to a Contemplative Reformation: The Church as a Community of Practice, Transformation, and Compassion   The Rev. Dr. Stuart Higginbotham   When the New Contemplatives Exchange gathered at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, at the invitation of Thomas Keating, Tilden Edwards, Laurence Freeman, Richard Rohr, and Margaret Benefiel, I found myself sharing... Continue Reading →

I commend this video to you, of Fr. Martin Laird, OSA, from the PBS series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly.  It is a wonderful demonstration of how anchoring ourselves in this contemplative lineage bears fruit in our lives. His argument is particularly profound: we must be contemplatives first, and then we can embody love in the... Continue Reading →

Dear friends, Much fruitful work continues to come out of our shared time in Snowmass at the New Contemplatives Exchange.  A big piece of this time together was to delve more deeply into our own contexts in order to more fully explore how to embody and explore the contemplative lineage within the world around us.... Continue Reading →