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Meister Eckhart: A Deeper Dive (33 Books to Explore)
A Facebook friend recently posted a request for suggestions on books by or about Meister...
March 05, 2024
It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for the Modern Mystics School!
Hi friends, just wanted to make sure that if you haven't had a chance to...
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December 07, 2023
“Breathe and Hope and Chase and Love…” Some Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of “Tales from Topographic Oceans”
Things are all in colours And the size of others shall send you forward Arranged...
June 2023
June 22, 2023
A Conversation about Mysticism! Kate Rademacher and I talk about “The New Big Book” and other fun stuff
My first interview talking about The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism has been...
June 08, 2022
Online Event: Contemplative Day of Reflection: Kenneth Leech and Pauli Murray, Contemplative Activists for Our Time (June 25, 2022)
Join me (Carl McColman) for a special online quiet day of reflection on June 25,...
February 2022
February 24, 2022
The Christian of the Future — a New “Mystical Minute” Video for Contemplative Seekers
Friends, here is a new video I'd like to share with you. God willing, this...
February 06, 2021
What is Centering Prayer?
Centering Prayer is a contemporary method of Christian spiritual practice that is based on teachings...
November 2020
November 20, 2020
Seven Ways to Think About Christian Mysticism
Here is the third episode of my "Schola Mystica" podcast. The transcript of the episode...
October 2020
October 19, 2020
What Mystics Do (and You Can, Too)
What do mystics do? The following list can be a way to begin answering this...
August 2020
August 28, 2020
Living in the Spirit of Contemplative Prayer
What does it mean to live a contemplative life? Especially for those of us who...
March 2019
March 22, 2019
Requiem for a Not-Quite-Friend
On the day before my 58th birthday, a man who was just a few weeks...
March 02, 2019
When to Let the Sacred Word Fall Away (and When to Keep On Praying It)
A reader of this blog wrote to ask me this question: How does Centering Prayer...
January 2019
January 07, 2019
The Contemplative Life in Three Easy Steps
Origen of Alexandria came up with the idea first. Unless you're a Christian history geek,...
January 04, 2019
After the Silence, or, the Long Process of Forming a Contemplative Life
So you've been to a centering prayer workshop or two, and now you participate in...
June 2018
June 08, 2018
Secrets of the Sacred Heart
The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus occurs every year on the Friday...
April 2018
April 13, 2018
Talking About Mysticism in Manhattan (April 22, 2018)
There are still a few openings in the class I'm teaching in Manhattan on April...
March 2018
March 05, 2018
Here’s an Idea for Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day (That Doesn’t Involve Green Beer)
This year, for St. Patrick's day, why not take a Celtic spirituality e-course? Alternatively, give...
February 2018
February 08, 2018
What Does Holiness Look Like When You’re Disabled?
A reader wrote the following question to me. My son has a very rare developmental...
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June 09, 2017
It’s Summertime (On the Road Again!)
Hello friends and readers of A Contemplative Faith. Just a quick note here to let you...
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April 12, 2017
Seven Things I’ve Learned from the Vinyl Revival
Sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake. Apparently vinyl records have been making a...
February 2017
February 06, 2017
Why do Mystics Love the Church?
For a long time now, I've been fascinated by people who self-define as "spiritual but not...
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December 01, 2016
“You Wrote Books About Paganism?!?”
The late Kenneth Leech used to tell the story about giving a lecture at a...
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July 27, 2015
“They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” — And These Gifts Make It Possible
One of C.S. Lewis's last, and best, books was called The Four Loves. Drawing from four...
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March 31, 2014
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The Archbishop and the Community Theologian
I've posted both of the following quotes in this blog before, but they are such...
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December 01, 2004
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