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Following the Path Laid Down for Me – A Letter from Cynthia

Cynthia Bourgeault | May 1, 2021

Dear wisdom friends, By now the word is out that I am officially stepping back from active duty as a core faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation. […]

Presence: Forest of Fear and Joy

Paula Pryce | April 4, 2021

Part II, Holy Week 2021, Easter Sunday I throw open the gate to rushing wind and creaking branches. Not knowing what lays ahead, I step into the forest with my […]

Absence: Forest of Longing

Paula Pryce | April 2, 2021

Part I, Holy Week 2021, Maundy Thursday. Absence mills around the body like a guard dog pacing the fence line. Rigidly keeping off the night creatures, jealously defending its property. […]

Easter: We Awaken in Christ’s Body

Wisdom Waypoints | March 31, 2021

All of nature with its forms and creatures exist together and are interwoven with each other. They will be resolved back to their own proper origin, for the compositions of […]

Holy Saturday: In Him All Things Hold Together

Wisdom Waypoints | March 31, 2021

We see that at Christ’s death the whole world entered upon a cosmic spring the harvest of which will be the remaking of our universes in newness and splendor. At […]

That You Love One Another (John 13:34)

Wisdom Waypoints | March 31, 2021

Take Off Your Shoesby Adwoa Lewis-Wilson Take off your shoes,In fact, remove all your coverings –The cloak of achievement, adornments of knowledge, Every false veil of ‘self’.For the place you […]

Good Friday: Love’s Embrace

Wisdom Waypoints | March 31, 2021

In stillness nailed to hold all time, all change, all circumstance in and to love’s embrace Beloved One, creation longs to be held in the great hands of your heart; […]

What’s New with Cynthia

Wisdom Waypoints | March 25, 2021

The following update was recently posted by friends at The Contemplative Society, and provides a great summary of my recent and upcoming activities. What’s new with our Principal Teacher Cynthia […]

Sacred Listening

Nancy Bloomer | March 14, 2021

Are you a good listener? I confess that I am not. In conversation I get excited and barge in with a comment; or I get distracted and forget what the […]

Life With The Lights On

Benjamin Thomas | March 9, 2021

As we curate life from the food in our atmospheres… Earlier in Lent, I set the stage for one of the greatest rites of Jesus’ initiation—the Transfiguration—by mentioning the gospel […]