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The Monk’s Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity by Paula Pryce (Part 2 of 8)

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March 11, 2019

Excerpts from The Monk’s Cell Chapter 2: Antechapel photo…

The Monk’s Cell: Ritual and Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity Paula Pryce (part 1 of 8)

March 4, 2019

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

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January 9, 2019

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

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December 19, 2018

A Christmas farewell from the administrator, Miranda Harvey.

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 4

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December 6, 2018

This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

Reflections of a Wanderer: Unpacking the “Way of Union” Retreat

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November 26, 2018

You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 3

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November 22, 2018

This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 2

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November 15, 2018

This post continues our series of bringing you more Wisdom from…

From Covenants to Consciousness in the Book of Job – Part 1

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November 7, 2018

This is our second post in the continuation of our series bringing…

Photography as an Act of Faith

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October 4, 2018

While we have featured many guest posts in the past, we are setting…

Wagner, Einstein, and Teilhard

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September 17, 2018

Dr. Rudy Hwa Rudy is an emeritus professor of Physics at the…

Thanking our Midwife

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June 20, 2018

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

Alchemy

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May 14, 2018

Retirement: often lauded as a time to enjoy what we have worked…

In This Together

April 26, 2018

Our retreat participants are diverse: we serve Christians and…

The Gift of Enroulement

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April 12, 2018

I arrived at the Wisdom School on Lake Cowichan both exhausted…

A birthday present to the future

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March 13, 2018

You might not recognise her name, but without her, The Contemplative…

Our Wisdom Lineage

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March 5, 2018

“WHUR WE COME FROM… " ~ Br. Raphael Robin “Teachers…

Is sacred reality really real?

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January 30, 2018

“Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamagate…” ("Gone, gone, gone…