The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality

September 2021

WHICH POLITICAL PARTY DO YOU TRUST THE MOST?

Granted that both political parties are not beacons of truth and both tell their share of obfuscations, in this last week before elections, I am asking these pointed questions to find out where my mind and heart are. I do not presume to tell you how or for whom to vote. This is your birthright […]

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LECTIO DIVINA: inching to forever

I can’t believe what Lectio Divina (Philippians 2:5) has done for me over the past ten years. I have not had a miraculous revelation during anything, nor a flash of lightning (like St. Paul), but, reflecting back on where I was, in terms of loving Christ, and where I am now, I am not anywhere […]

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