Do you meditate? You know, like 20 or 30 minutes of complete silence every day. Ok, that’s tough to do but that’s my goal, and it usually happens. Why? Because meditating is calming. It’s a spiritual experience. It’s prayer. And prayer isn’t meant to change God, it’s meant to change you. God is loving, and […]

This prayer by Henri Nouwen sums it up: Dear God, speak gently in my silence. When the loud outer noises of my surroundings, And the loud inner noises of my fears, Keep pulling me away from you, Help me to trust You are still there, Even when I am unable to hear you. Give me […]

Have you ever felt, well, just sort of down about stuff? I mean, look what’s going on in the world. It leads me to question everything I believe. I had a session with my Spiritual Director today. I had accumulated a couple of pages of notes on why is the world so incredibly evil sometimes? […]

I recently heard John Phillip Newell speak. If you don’t know him, he is an expert on Celtic Spirituality. CS falls under Catholicism, though not Roman Catholicism. There is a very good reason for this. Back in the 5th century, there was a split in the Church between Celtic philosophy, belief, and practice, and Roman […]