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 staggered through my house that morning, knowing I was out of coffee. I took multiple trips around the house looking for my shoes, finally settled for outrageously large climbing boots, then took ...

Vaughan and Suzanne Counts set aside 20 minutes every morning and 20 minutes every evening to be silent and know God. In those periods of stillness and silence, they quiet their minds while slowly ...

(RNS) Many Christians are finding mindfulness practice to be not just compatible but complimentary to their faith. They discover within these Buddhist-derived practices not only a key to renewal and ...

We live in cultures of anger and blame, of sloganeering and comparisons with others. The result? Highly habituated reactive mental habits leading to fragmented identities and the sense that union with ...

St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

The Rev. Laurence Freeman, a Benedictine monk and founder of the London-based World Community for Christian Meditation,will speak in Houston next week on Christian contemplation and meditation. The ...

In 1954 the eminent historian Arnold Toynbee predicted that "When a historian one thousand years from now writes about the 20th century, he will surely be more interested in the interpenetration which ...

Contemplative spirituality and practices of silence can not only help you re-center amidst stress like many are facing due to COVID-19, but they also help you see your deep convictions, motivations, ...