I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, and I’m offering my top-ten reasons (David Letterman style) for NOT making any resolutions for 2018. Bear with me and I think you’ll be convinced, for distinctively contemplative reasons.Let’s...
This third interview is with the Rev. Dr. Tilden Edwards, an Episcopalian priest and founding member, former Executive Director, and now Senior Fellow of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. Shalem is a Hebrew word meaning “whole,” “complete,” or as Tilden...
You want to make the world a better place! But where to begin? “Igniting Compassion” guides you through three practical exercises that will provide you with everything you need in order to ignite your inner compassionate warrior: Center: Get in touch with...
As we are now full-swing into the Holiday Season, we’re all thinking about how not to eat too much, and gearing up our willpower for a New Year’s resolution. Having dedicated myself to exploring the intersection between contemplative practices and ethics,...
Lectio Divina (a Latin phrase meaning “sacred” or “holy reading”) is an ancient practice of reading Scripture in a slow, meditative, contemplative way that survived for centuries in monasteries but is recently being discovered and appreciated...
