When I was in High School, I had a particular practice that I engaged in regularly. I would go to the local gym and for hours I would kick a soccer ball in the racquetball court. I would practice touching...

patterns of praise housed in the seed sings all green in the brazen demand of spring talk to me all fresh and new little gentle thing tell me about the winds whispering lullabies and sweet dew speaking so sweetly to...

In College, I had a friend who wasn’t exactly the best employee. Despite his lackluster abilities in the work place, he had an unusual talent for getting jobs. I once asked him how he was able to get the different...

a dream must be firm enough that it is spoken and communicates its world, its language but yet also bending enough that it is moved by the moment, builds motion grows adapts among the other dreams, a forest turning under...

Many people are currently developing regular practices of adoration or silent meditative prayer. There are many great resources that can help such people with their journey, and there are many guides to help people with their prayer practice. One thing...

Catholic literature on holiness is dominated by the experience of the contemplatives and the great mystics. Although these experiences are vital and they provide an incredible depth to our insights about the human person, they can be misleading. The universal...

The reality is that for most people the path of following Jesus Christ does not begin with a well-reasoned argument or a series of propositions. Rather, the first step towards faith begins with an encounter. Perhaps it is a conversation...

truth comes in the middle the exchange often interrupted by its arrival things are contrived and planned, but truth comes despite the itinerary of events or the trajectory of a flight that moves from something to somewhere, without knowing how...

1) To desire nothing but God, and even then to be content that by faith one possesses His divine life. 2) To seek nothing incredible in prayer. Neither insight nor lack of insight. Neither discursive meditation nor non-discursive meditation. Do...