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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…
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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…
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Poetry

Sonnets to Orpheus: II, 12 (stanza 1)

by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Br. David Steindl-Rast
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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…
sunset
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…
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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…
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Poetry

Watching the Birdwatcher

by Richard Schiffman
She peers through a pair of binoculars into a treetop lit with day’s last blaze,…
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Poetry

View #45

by Thomas Centolella
after Hokusai and Hiroshige
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