Spiritual practices are activities we engage (usually routinely) in order to intentionally cultivate spiritual growth.  These activities run the gamut...

Today, May 13th is celebrated as the feast day of Julian of Norwich in the Roman Catholic Church – May...

Functional Atheism.  Though he never formally employs those words, I was first introduced to the concept by Craig Groeshel in...

The shepherd walks right up to the gate… and the sheep recognize his voice.  He calls his own sheep by...

Years ago I was fascinated to read Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees: What they Feel, How They Communicate. ...

A mailing last week not only publicized our most recent issue of Ruminations (focused on “Whole-Life, Life-Long Stewardship”) but also...

In some church circles, stewardship is narrowly defined as reduced to “that thing for the church budget.” Little wonder that...

Surveying all the Gospel texts about/for Easter, one verse stands out above all the others for me this year. John...

Lately, I’ve been giving myself to a study-exploration of St. Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle – and commentaries thereof.  Hers...