Articles On Lay Monasticism by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB Ram Dass, Brother David, and Swami Satchidananda explore the value of vows.
Q&A When Gratefulness Feels Phoney by Patricia Campbell Carlson Q: Sometimes I suspect that my gratefulness is 'phoney' - that I use it as…
Q&A When a Loved One Dies by Jeff Collins Q: My mother is dying and I cannot help but ask myself bitterly, "What's it…
Poetry Sonnets to Orpheus: II, 12 (stanza 1) by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Br. David Steindl-Rast
Articles Learning to Die by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB "Whenever we do give up a person or a thing or a position, when we…
Q&A The Way, the Truth, and the Light – Only One? by Patricia Campbell Carlson Q: I believe that Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIGHT. How do…
Poetry Woods by Noelle Oxenhandler I wish to grow dumber,to slip deep into woods that grow blinderwith each step I…
Poetry Where the Mind Is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is…
Poetry We Only Need by Patrick Flanigan We need not countevery seed atopthe swaying grasses or number the wavesrolling onto the rocky…
Poetry We Look With Uncertainty by Anne Hillman We look with uncertaintybeyond the old choices forclear-cut answersto a softer, more permeable alivenesswhich is…
Poetry Watching the Birdwatcher by Richard Schiffman She peers through a pair of binoculars into a treetop lit with day’s last blaze,…