Matthew Wright

The Rev. Matthew Wright is an Episcopal priest, writer, and retreat leader working to renew the Christian Wisdom tradition in a wider interspiritual context. He serves as priest-in-charge at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Woodstock, NY and is a teacher for Northeast Wisdom and The Contemplative Society. Matthew is also a decade-long student of the Mevlevi Sufi tradition under the guidance of Shaikh Kabir and Camille Helminski. He lives with his wife, Yanick, alongside the brothers of Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, NY.

Wisdom Book Practice Circle: The Wisdom Way of Knowing | Chapter 2: How the West Lost Its Wisdom

Matthew Wright | February 15, 2024

This month we’re exploring Chapter II, “How the Christian West Lost Its Wisdom.” Cynthia begins by reminding us that the earliest followers of Jesus didn’t follow him because they’d read about him in the Gospels–that he was the Son of God who rose from the dead–no, all of that lay up ahead.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part IV

Matthew Wright | November 16, 2023

[This reflection includes a Spanish translation] Read this community commentary on Part IV of Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, in which Cynthia takes us into “the heart” of Centering Prayer—and into our own hearts.

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part IV

Matthew Wright | November 12, 2021

[This reflection include a Spanish translation] Read this community commentary on Part IV of Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, in which Cynthia takes us into “the heart” of Centering Prayer—and into our own hearts.

Life Everlasting

Matthew Wright | August 2, 2021

The past two weeks I was in France with my wife, where we had traveled to see her grandmother. Her grandmother’s health is in decline, and family felt that we […]

The Way of the Heart: An Interspiritual Exploration

Matthew Wright | November 2, 2019

Last November, nearly a year ago now, a large number of us gathered at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY to participate in Cynthia Bourgeault’s retreat on Centering Prayer and […]

Bruno Barnhart’s Movement IV: The Global (Postmodern) Turn

Matthew Wright | June 13, 2019

I loved this chapter!—particularly the way it weaves together and synthesizes the voices of Teilhard de Chardin, Ewert Cousins, and Karl Rahner—each of them pointing in their own way (planetization, […]

Bruno Barnhart’s Movement II: The Eastern Turn

Matthew Wright | April 4, 2019

Each month, a Northeast Wisdom voice is offering a reflection on a chapter from Bruno Barnhart’s The Future of Wisdom. This month, it’s my turn with Chapter 3, “Movement II: […]

Launching the Year of Bruno Barnhart

Matthew Wright | December 27, 2018

Dear Wisdom community, In January 2015 we launched “The Year of Teilhard de Chardin” and tasked our network with becoming more and more acquainted with Teilhard’s expansive body of writing. […]

Christophany and the Holy Trinity

Matthew Wright | May 27, 2018

An earlier version of this article first appeared at Contemplative Journal Happy Feast of the Holy Trinity, Wisdom Community! Today is the day the Christian calendar dedicates to the Dance […]

Come Holy Spirit! The Pentecostal Fire

Matthew Wright | May 21, 2018

Dear Wisdom Community, I was asked by our own dear Laura Ruth if I’d share my Pentecost sermon from St. Gregory’s in Woodstock with our community here. Of course! I’m […]