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Too Much Leaves Too Little—Busyness Keeps Us from Faith

Thomas Merton wrote, “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork."

Evelyn Underhill: The Life of the Spirit and the Social Order

Communities of spiritual fellowship and prayer form oases for both clear thinking and social witness. So thought Evelyn Underhill.

Haunting the Father: MacDonald’s Diary of an Old Soul

I am a latecomer to George MacDonald’s The Diary of an Old Soul. I knew about the Scotsman MacDonald (1824-1905), of course; had read...

In Praise of Unspiritual Things

By Samuel Keyes Pondering the recent commemoration of St. Dominic, I came across this little gem from the 19th century Anglo-Catholic leader Stewart Headlam: If it...

The Searchlight of the Holy Spirit

One of the gifts of my spiritual direction training program a few years ago was exposure to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola....

Foundation Connects Faith and the Arts

The foundation will help scholars and art managers gain practical experience in administration, graphic design, fundraising, and programming.

Forgiving Others

In the fall of 2019 a criminal court jury in my home city of Dallas, Texas, found an off-duty white police officer, Amber Guyger,...

Firearm Spirituality

Lessons from a 30-06 For MW By Will Brown  I am a hunter. I have written a fair amount about hunting from a theological point of view. Among...

JOURNEY INTO HOLINESS: PRAYING WITH THE TRACTARIANS (Part 1)

The liturgical debt Episcopalians owe the Tractarian pioneers of the Anglo-Catholic revival is incalculable. Although they themselves were not much interested in ceremony, almost...

Treasures for the Partially-Connected: Offline Ideas for an Online Forum

By Paul D. Wheatley I begin this reflection on the nature of connection to the life of the church in a socially-distanced and virtually hyper-connected time...

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