Modernity has no value in and of itself. The setting aside of prescribed, traditional roles, coupled with the recognition of each...

...that the Roman church recognized the distinction between traditional society and modern society in the 1960’s. Some tried to...

Modernity is a relatively new way of seeing people and how they behave socially. Modernity entails the setting aside of proscribed,...

There will always be contemplative Christians on mountains and on the shores of lakes and in the deserts and hidden away in the forests...

There will always be contemplative Christians on mountains and on the shores of lakes and in the deserts and hidden away in the forests...

they hid - וַיִּתְחַבֵּא מְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי...

There is simply too much organization when it comes to talking about contemplation. In order for contemplation to be at all valid it...

מְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים בְּתוֹךְ...

...first of all requires a psychology of being naturally self-emptying. The one thing that this person wants more than anything else is...

The greatest enemy of the church is the church itself. In the church the word charism is deeply evocative. It is an integrating term. ...

ְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ - Yahweh God walking מְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא...

The whole question of how to live a contemplative life outside of formal religious structures has always been vexing. Some claim that...

The essence of discipleship is always that of renewal. It would be a grave mistake to believe that while at root discipleship entails...

...is to use the Word as a door to a particular awareness and perspective, an authentic and real experience of God’s presence in the...

ְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ - Yahweh God walking שְׁמְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא...

שְׁמְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָֽאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים...

If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person...

...unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies... John 12:24 To be a Christian, to be one of Jesus' followers, means that what...

In each subsequent generation from the creation of humans until today it is clear that all those things that are taken so serious by...