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Ruth Burrows kicks my butt (in the best way possible)
Ruth Burrows has been called the 'Teresa of Avila' of our day. And her raw writing gave me a swift kick in the rear.
Aug 315 min read
What the Chinese Finger Trap Teaches Us About Spiritual Darkness
A reflection on Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark and the mystics who came before her
Jul 74 min read
The Child Who Missed Midnight
The poet Rumi writes:
"The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in."
Jun 25 min read
A Love That Knows How to Stay
I couldn’t stop crying.
It…wasn’t ideal.
I was speaking to a spiritual director on a retreat, and I could barely get any words out between my great heaving sobs.
Apr 104 min read
I Went on a Silent Retreat—and Couldn’t Stop Crying
I couldn’t stop crying.
It…wasn’t ideal.
I was speaking to a spiritual director on a retreat, and I could barely get any words out between my great heaving sobs.
Mar 53 min read
Meet Dorothee Soelle
Dorothee Soelle was a teenager in Germany when the Holocaust shattered her image of God.
Dec 4, 20253 min read
Can suffering become love?
How do we keep our hearts open when the world is breaking? Few saints wrestled with that question more deeply than Edith Stein.
Oct 29, 20253 min read
When Matter Becomes Prayer
I had a powerful experience while sitting on the wooden floor of my apartment on a Saturday morning, scribbling away in my prayer journal. As the pages curled with ink under my hand, I had a sudden realization.
Oct 2, 20255 min read
The Mass on the World | Teilhard de Chardin
While on a scientific expedition through the steppes of China, Teilhard de Chardin found himself without bread and wine to celebrate the Eucharist. So he used the elements God had given him: the earth itself became his altar; the earth’s land, labor, loss, and longings, his bread and wine.
Read the full text of Teilhard's Mass on the World.
Oct 2, 202522 min read
Bend the World Toward Healing
I remember the first time I set foot in Muir Woods, a stunning 500-acre natural reserve just north of San Francisco. Soft earth cushioned my steps, and enormous old-growth coast redwoods towered over my head, most of them at least 500 years old. It was impossible to crane my head far back enough to see their highest branches.
There is a kind of sacred hush that overcomes you in a place like that.
It was that sacred hush to which naturalist and conservationist John Muir dedi
Sep 2, 20254 min read
Love Is Still a Strategy
What if tenderness is the most radical act we have left?
Jul 7, 20253 min read
The Spirituality of Carl Jung
Carl Jung was a depth psychologist, yes. But he was also a mystic—one who believed that the psyche was not merely a structure to analyze, but a living reality filled with meaning.
Jun 5, 20255 min read
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