As a good Jew, Jesus devotionally recites the Shema daily. Later in his life, he encounters an expert in the law who asks him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” For a Jew this man's question is the ultimate question about spiritual formation. He is asking for the spiritual center of Judaism. He thinks Jesus might know. He does.
Jesus loved. Those associated with him are also to love. The first thing I learned about defining what it means to call God “love,” as one of Jesus’ first followers, John, did, is that love defies definition. The second was...
The liturgical season of Ordinary Time runs for roughly twenty-nine weeks, from Pentecost Sunday in the spring until the first Sunday of Advent in late fall. It’s the longest season of the church year, with few significant events along the...
From the Introduction to The Jesus Prayer by Frederica Mathewes-Green. It was about 2:30 in the morning when I got out of bed last night to pray. I have been doing this since I was pregnant with my first baby, decades...
Men bring distinctive gifts—and challenges—to the spiritual enterprise of prayer. Praying in Black & White honors the unique wiring of men an...
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The most engaging collection of the French mystics’ writings now available Twenty-first century Christians are now discovering the wisdom of this c...
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According to Fr. Alexander Men (1935-1990), the Russian Orthodox priest and popular spiritual teacher who was publicly martyred in 1990 in the form...
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Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive. Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition...
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