Advent, with Dragons
Written by Paula Pryce for The Contemplative Society, re-posted with permission. A most cruel and horrible dragon issued forth . . . of various colours, with a beard and hair that seemed of gold, and teeth that seemed of iron, eyes sharp and brilliant as kindled flame. – The Legend of St. Margaret of Antioch…
End of the Year Greetings to Our Wisdom Community: A Letter From the Chair of the Board
Dear friends, Thank you for your loving words and heartfelt prayers after my recent letter to you in early October. My parents and I have returned to Asheville, where significant recovery from Hurricane Helene is still in progress. After close to six weeks away from home, we are gratefully settling into a “new normal.” I…
Do Not Be Afraid
“Do not be afraid, little flock. It is my Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” These sublime words from Luke 12 accompany me this morning as I awake to an America vastly different from the one I bid farewell to last night. The people have spoken; my country has collectively expressed its wish…
A Wisdom Community at the Ready
One of the signature features of our particular lineage of contemplative Wisdom is that contemplation and action simply cannot be separated. A contemplative lifestyle does not mean simply letting the issues of our world pass beneath our notice; it means drawing on the resources of contemplative equanimity, timing, and inner body awareness to make a…
Greetings to Our Wisdom Community: A Letter From the Chair of the Board
Dear beloved friends, I’m writing to you from the back porch of dear friends in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I have set up a temporary home. My husband and I evacuated my almost 90-year-old parents to a retirement community from Asheville, North Carolina after Hurricane Helene ravaged our mountain community several weeks ago. I’m catching…
Connecting the Metaphysical Dots: Cynthia Bourgeault & Jonathan Rowson
Across every major sector, changemakers are coming to realize we will need more than just action plans and policies to stabilize our home planet and enact a vision of the world we want to become. The x-factor steadily re-emerging in these circles is a deep curiosity about the role of spirituality. And yet, in a…