

A Soft Heart: Vulnerability and the Spiritual Journey
In the Christian tradition, the Book of Proverbs describes our heart as 'the wellspring of life', conjuring up in our imaginations the...


The Spiritual Journey of Descent
I was recently talking with an Eastern spiritual teacher who felt that Western Christianity had, in Carl Jung's terms, become 'solar'...


Justice in the Eyes of Compassion
There is a little story Metropolitan Anthony tells of a young women put into prison during the Russian Revolution. It explores the issue...


Telling our Stories...
I was recently at a wonderful workshop for spiritual directors run by Pádraig Ó Tuama leader of the Corrymeela Community, Northern...


Soul, Spirituality & Psychology
Soul is the most common translation of the Hebrew word nephesh and the Greek word psyche. The biblical meanings of these concepts are...


Inner & Outer Journeying
In my earlier post on Spiritual Landscapes I describe the contemplative places where our inner and outer spiritual journeying can come...


Psychological Ways We Can Undermine Our Spiritual Transformation
In my earlier article on Struggling with Prayer: A Psychological Perspective, I looked at ways we can unconsciously resist the change...


Healing Our Distorted Images of God
In my earlier article on the Spiritual Life & Our Images of God I looked at how our inner images of God (as opposed to beliefs about God)...


Wholeness & Our Unconscious
God calls us to wholeness, through self-transcendence, to embrace our true selves in God - our deepest Ground of Being. Richard Rohr (a...


Cultivating Compassion Meditation
As explored in my earlier article, Cultivating Compassion is seen as embodying a divine quality that brings us closer to our true selves...