Contemplative experience does not justify itself. It never has. It just is. It is like the discovery of a treasure hidden in a field...

Christian contemplative practise has always been seen as a corrective; the goal of solitude is nothing other than the reclamation of that...

When you simply state the historical reality of contemplative living and the evidence for a direct relationship with God enough you may...

It is interesting that insofar as people of faith have convinced themselves that if they define their beliefs, and then remain within the...

Organized Christianity has yet to come to terms with the fact that the direct call of God happens to individuals quite outside of the...

The dire social and psychological consequences of building mass societies was predicted in the middle of the last century. The impacts...

As long as there are undistracting geographies that exist - no matter how grand (e.g. oceans) or tiny (e.g. closets) - there will always...

In each and every variety of formal Christianity there are certain adherents who are categorized as superiour. Within the Catholic and...

The direct experience of God is not a matter of the direct experience of God. Instead, it is always a matter of love, and of love of...

You live in solitude in order to be directly open to God because it is there that your heart can relax and become open to a new...

It goes without saying that a person is quite capable of living a contemplative life outside of a contemplative community. In fact, you...

This is the internal geography where the heart can relax, expand, and take in the natural scenery afforded by the Word of God. Here...

Solitude is the single greatest teacher. Solitude teaches a person just how poor they really are. Solitude raises to consciousness that...

Any notion that contemplatives believe that they are somehow not connected to the rest of the world is not true; no one who is serious...

Contemplative life never aims to convert anyone to anything. Of course there is a great difference between contemplative life and...

Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Matthew 5:13) The invitation of humbly accepting the presence of God as it comes over time and in God's...

Just because you are contemplative it does not mean that you may evade the call of Christ to make life better for other people. Also,...

Contemplative life is always a sign of genuine hope in the face of social false hope. The promises that societies hold forth in their...

The contemplative life is scandalous precisely because contemplative experience orients you. But that to which is orients you is to no...

Along with the secularization of societies which took place in the West throughout the 1900's, so changed the manner in how people came...