


The Monk’s Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity Paula Pryce (part 1 of 8)
The Monk’s Cell’s chapters are modeled on an architectural metaphor for “deepening into the divine,” similar to Teresa of Ávila’s Interior Castle. The first chapter, Portico, describes how longing for the divine draws people to contemplative Christianity.

Kamloops Contemplative Group Evolution
Our Kamloops contemplative group has evolved through several incarnations over the years. Initially we were simply four people in our local parish who were getting together weekly to share our stories and to “pray”. That was some twenty-five years ago.

Christmas 2018 – A Fond Farewell
A Christmas farewell from the administrator, Miranda Harvey.

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 4
This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

Reflections of a Wanderer: Unpacking the “Way of Union” Retreat
You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 3
This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 2
This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 1
This is our second post in the continuation of our series bringing…

Photography as an Act of Faith
While we have featured many guest posts in the past, we are setting…

Wagner, Einstein, and Teilhard
Dr. Rudy Hwa Rudy is an emeritus professor of Physics at the…

Thanking our Midwife
Dear friends in The Contemplative Society,
It is an honour to…


In This Together
Our retreat participants are diverse: we serve Christians and…

The Gift of Enroulement
I arrived at the Wisdom School on Lake Cowichan both exhausted…

A birthday present to the future
You might not recognise her name, but without her, The Contemplative…


Is sacred reality really real?
“Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamagate…” ("Gone, gone, gone…