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

September 2021

Stone-walled, dim room with warm light and large text: “Come and Rest” above a verse inviting weary souls to find rest in Me.

THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: Making New Wineskins out of ordinary ideas. Making All Things New with Jesus.Part I.

The late Joel Barker, noted futurist and one of the ten people who have been a prime source of ideas against which I have formulated my new Catholic Faith (new wineskins). What follows are the questions I asked the AI to comment on, using my worldview of reality. I will share short bursts of ideas […]

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Stone-walled, dim room with warm light and large text: “Come and Rest” above a verse inviting weary souls to find rest in Me.

Introduction to Eusebius of Caesarea (For our gentle readings in the series Listen to Your Catholic Heritage).

What follows is the beginning of what I myself have found helpful to reignite the profound respect for the Catholic Church and the Scriptures and Traditions that have come down to us from the Apostles. Read the actual text and draw your own conclusions, as I have. I have supplied the ideas for what unfolds […]

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