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A Lifestyle of Discernment How do we walk through this life with our eyes and ears open to God and hearts tuned to God’s desires? Steve Macchia uses a familiar scripture to illustrate how we can cultivate a life of noticing,…

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On the Road of Disappointment Rev. Toni Pate explores our solidarity with the unnamed follower of Jesus who met him on the road on Easter evening.

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What is True Devotion? In the opening chapter to his work, Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales explores the nature of true devotion. He believes that "devotion is simply a spiritual activity and liveliness…

Learning to Listen Exploring the What, Why, and How of Spiritual Direction

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Four Paradoxes of Christian Simplicity Christian simplicity is not just a faddish attempt to respond to the chaotic and materialist world in which we find ourselves; it is a call given to every Christian in every age to follow Christ.

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Defining the Social Justice Tradition: The Compassionate Life Social justice is where love meets the road. From Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster opens up three great themes of the Social Justice Tradition that are wonderfully summed up in the Hebrew…

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Why Lent? The forty day journey of Lent is marked in days but lived in grace. Kai Nilsen, one of the authors of the Renovaré devotional Less is More, leads us into this season of preparation.

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One-ed to the Will of Our Lord In this excerpt from Fr. John-Julian’s translation, Julian of Norwich explains what God showed her about grounding our prayers in his perfect will.

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Living, Teaching, Practicing Perspectives Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 2 From the newsletter archives… Richard Foster writes, “Like the recurring stitch pattern in a quilt, so prayer threads its way throughout Jesus’ life.”

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God’s Invitations to Be Transformed as We Age Author Alice Fryling helps us find holy opportunities hidden within the uncertainties and disruptions of growing older.

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Facing the Fear of Solitude Solitude helps us release the need to manage or control people and circumstances Solitude strikes right at the root of our fear of becoming unimportant, unneeded, insignificant, useless—which is precisely why we need it.

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The Secular Vocation is Sacred Serve God in Your Profession, Not Outside It In this classic essay, Dorothy Sayers restores the sacred dignity of secular work. Calling out the Church for its blindness on this issue, she asks, "How can anyone remain interested in a religion…