2017 - Wisdom Waypoints

Magnificat: God-Seeing, God-Identifying, God-Bearing Praise

Adwoa Lewis-Wilson | December 22, 2017

My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior… he hath showed strength with his arm; he has put down the mighty from their […]

Joyfully, Playfully, Collectively: Notes about the origins of the first-ever Cynthia Bourgeault Annual

Laura Ruth | December 2, 2017

In Cynthia’s Note to the Northeast Wisdom fundraising letter, she exclaims, “We’re Here to Make Wisdom Happen!” And Wisdom, as it is born in its unique configuration through each and […]

Strivings and Growth

William Espinosa | November 22, 2017

This spring Cynthia took us back to the five Obligonian strivings set out in Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson. The strivings are the work that Gurdjieff insisted was required for […]

“What Enneagram Type is Cynthia?”

Cynthia Bourgeault | November 20, 2017

For almost thirty years the standing joke has been “What enneagram type is Cynthia?” Leading teachers in all the various schools have typed me variously (frequently categorically) as a Four, […]

Stonington 2017 Part IV: Singing Praises on the Journey

Laura Ruth | November 14, 2017

Parts I and II of Stonington 2017, “Mornings With Teilhard” and “Celebrating Rhythm and Community” can be found in Growing! on the Breaking Ground page of this website. The reflections […]

Stonington 2017 Part III: The Voyage with Saint Brendan Begins

Laura Ruth | October 30, 2017

Parts I and II of Stonington 2017, “Mornings With Teilhard” and “Celebrating Rhythm and Community” can be found on Breaking Ground, where participants share their reflections on the […]

Letting Go and Letting In: Finding One’s Self in Darkness

Adwoa Lewis-Wilson | October 2, 2017

A brisk, early morning – the bus I had hoped to take to Eucharist drove by me as I was seconds late to the stop. I felt helpless, frustrated, bracing, […]

Healing the Elephant in the Womb (Part 7)

Cynthia Bourgeault | September 17, 2017

As we come down the home stretch in this extended Wisdom inquiry into the abortion issue, I’ve tried to draw together here some of the most important implications and “business […]

Fullness of Life: A brief poetic interlude before the final run-up on a conclusion (Part 6)

Cynthia Bourgeault | September 8, 2017

The clear, simple truth: Nothing can fall out of God. Where would it go? God is not “somebody” (not me)—“somewhere else” (not here.) God is the ALL, the now, the […]

Stonington 2017 Part II: Celebrating Rhythm and Community

Laura Ruth | September 7, 2017

In Mornings with Teilhard, the first collection of reflections from the June 2017 Wisdom Ingathering in Stonington, a number of people shared their experiences of Cynthia’s morning teachings. Ultimately these […]