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.
CONTINUEMatthew 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.
CONTINUEMatthew 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.
CONTINUEMatthew 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,...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
CONTINUEMatthew 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...
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