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The 7th Day of Christmas. A Blessing at the turn of the year
The 6th Day of Christmas. Pausing at the Threshold
The 5th Day of Christmas. Building Heart, deepening self, sharing solitude
The 4th Day of Christmas. Leaning into our sorrows.
The Third Day of Christmas. Learning anew
The Second Day of Christmas: Making Room
The first day of Christmas: Calling us in
May Christmas find you where you are.
Winter Solitude: In your wintering - peace.
Introducing The 12 Days of Christmas Contemplations: "Reclaiming Joy."
At the Threshold to new beginnings
Longing for wholeness, or: Letters from with-in.
On old Berlin churches, breathing walls and speaking stones.
November Blues: Hoping against Despair
On Homecoming, lake visits and discerning our labor
On strenuous hikes and gracious rewards
A consolation for fatherhood: Letting God be the father
“The greatest prayer.” What Chuck is reading
Meditations on Life together, viriditas, and on falling down and getting up
From the archive: Easter Joy and woe are woven fine
From the archives: Silent Saturday Retreat. Arriving at the Threshold
Holding contradictions. A Holy Friday Meditation
Maundy Thursday. From Passion to Compassion
"He went out and wept bitterly." Holding gently our shame.
Holy Tuesday: Cradling your heart
Leaning into Mercy, or: Resisting Resistance
Entering Passion Week, or: On the Art of Repetition.
Amma Syncletica: Does obedience set you free?
Discernment is the heart of Lent: A challenge from the Desert Elders
The pilgrimage blues and the peeling of Self.
On old Berlin churches, breathing walls and speaking stones
"Finding the key inside". Wrapping up the Christmas season
Epiphany 2023: In the Sight of all Nations
Beyond Epiphany: Reading the wise (Wo)men journey inwardly with Hildegard of Bingen.
The Tenth Day of Christmas: Room at the Inn