First, I fidget. I cross and uncross my legs, fold and unfold my hands, bow and raise my head. I discover muscles I didn’t know I had, muscles that twitch, quiver, itch, and ache. So I waste several ...

A contemplative movement of Christian Centering Prayer is quietly (almost secretly) reviving religious life and faith in society. Here in the land of “the spiritual, but not religious,” and growing ...

I welcome summer’s slower pace as an opportunity to slow down and spend more time in contemplative prayer. Fr. Richard Rohr ...

St. James Episcopal Church, founded in 1744, is one of the oldest churches in Lancaster, offering traditional worship in its sanctuary adorned with Tiffany stained-glass windows and pews for which ...

This simple meditative prayer can bring big transformation. The act of breathing is an amazing and miraculous process. It is an involuntary process that our bodies engage in independently from ...

Long ago, Daniel Berrigan told me a tragic story about being invited to speak to a packed church of cloistered nuns somewhere on the East Coast in 1965. They wanted him to read from his latest book of ...

Luminaries and practitioners of contemplative traditions are circling the world in prayer for 40 hours, inspired by an invitation from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in honor of its 40th ...