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Feeling everything deeply can feel like a burden—but Rainer Maria Rilke saw it as a gift. Here are 4 ways he embraced his sensitivity.

How do we find hope when facing suffering and injustice? Here are 4 ways Howard Thurman offers.

Caryll Houselander was a colorful, chain-smoking therapist who didn't fit in anywhere. Except for one place—right at the heart of divine Lov

How I first met the Hindu Christ (and why we need this Benedictine monk to make the introduction)

How Henri Nouwen's Inner Voice of Love rescued me after I left the convent. As I reeled in my illness, Nouwen invited me to tenderness.

“Baloney!” were the first words Thomas Merton heard her say. The year was 1941 and Merton was teaching at St. Bonaventure University. The...

Julian of Norwich is becoming a wildly popular mystic. Yet she lived as a recluse in a forgotten corner of England in the 14th century....

Julian of Norwich’s popularity has skyrocketed over the past century. Yet she spent most of her life literally entombed in her...

Etty Hillesum doesn't fit in boxes. Which might be why I'm so magnetically drawn to her. People who defy categories intrigue me. Somehow...

Recently I was invited to participate in a gathering of young(ish) contemplatives, to dialogue together about the future of the...