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Wisdom Book Practice Circle: The Wisdom Way of Knowing | Chapter 4, 5: A Call to Depth and Action, Individually and Collectively

Heather Vesey | February 19, 2024

These two chapters, written more than two decades ago, are more relevant and pertinent than ever. And it’s no coincidence that they are preceded by an explanation of the three centers of knowing. It seems to me that the more poised we are in those three centers, the more we will be able to understand, embody and live out the important truths laid out in Chapters Four and Five.

Wisdom Book Practice Circle: The Wisdom Way of Knowing | Chapter 3: Three Centered Knowing

Marcella Kraybill-Greggo | February 18, 2024

[This reflection include a Spanish translation] This chapter lays out for us the ‘how’ of being more fully present and open to higher meaning and the physiology of transformation.

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.

2024 Greetings and Gratitude

Wisdom Waypoints | February 2, 2024

Watch Cynthia’s 2024 Greeting and Thank You “We are all sitting in gratitude for the new openings that your generosity and trust in us has made possible.” — Cynthia Bourgeault […]

Wisdom Book Practice Circle: The Wisdom Way of Knowing | Introduction and Chapter One

Beth O'Neil | January 25, 2024

The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault, is the very stuff of what it means to be human, in this time in history and unfolding on our planet. Follow along here as the book practice gets ready to launch.

Meet Jenn, Our New Communications Director

Jeanine Siler Jones | January 11, 2024

At our meeting in Rockland in early November of 2023, the Wisdom Waypoints Board put finishing touches on a Communications Director job description, with the intention of hiring someone to […]

A World Gone Mad

Cynthia Bourgeault | January 1, 2024

Abba Anthony said, “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us.’ “

Wisdom Solstice

Marcella Kraybill-Greggo | December 21, 2023

We stand guard with the heart, stand with the mind in the heart, descend from the head to the heart…And the standing before the invisible Lord not in the head but in the chest, close to the heart and in the heart. When the divine warmth comes, all will be clear.

A Wisdom Frame Drum Journey Evolution

Laura Copeland | December 7, 2023

As Wisdom students using our voices through chanting, we are sending into our atmosphere vital nutrients of hope, mercy, love and more. Frame drumming magnifies the resonance of our voices in addition to the beat, another powerful means of post-holding during these challenging times.

Benedictine Wisdom School with Cynthia in Norway

Tor Magne Handeland | November 25, 2023

In the last week of October, right before the Winter set in, the first Nordic Benedictine Wisdom School was led by Cynthia Bourgeault at Lia Gård in Norway.