One way of understanding forgiveness is as the ability to accept reality for being what is, rather than what we would have it be. All of us face an addiction to our own ways of thinking and myopic visions of a “perfect world” (which, if we’re honest, is...
It is generally accepted that the first step in healing is to recognize the wound, that which needs to be healed. According to Thomas Keating, “Easter, with its grace of interior resurrection, is the radical healing of the human condition. Lent, which prepares us for this grace, is about what needs to be healed, [forgiven and celebrated]. Oftentimes, our deepest wounds become part of our shadow, those ....
Often during Black History Month, we hear of the same names over and over. Of course there are many unsung heroes also. Read below to learn about one of them. If you’d like to read about more ...
Many people know that Brown vs Board of Education was decided in 1954, that the “Little Rock 9” made news in 1957, and that little Ruby Bridges made her brave walk into school in 1960. But did you know...
“Contemplative practice” is just that: practice. The existence of a practice implies that there must be a “real thing” for which we are preparing, and in the case of contemplative practice, the thing for which we are preparing is life itself. While a practice can serve as an end in itself (in as much as God can and use the space created by our practice as an opportunity for direct awareness/encounter). But, our contemplative practices really start ...