The Sacred Tradition of Psalmody
04/05/2000
The Benedictine path speaks to the hunger of today's spiritual seekers
03/21/2000
Sacred Flesh, By Mirka Knaster
Why spirituality needs to be "fleshed out."
09/07/2000
Pioneering clergymen and religious are seeking to integrate the body into soul work.
08/17/2000
Gaining insight from sore muscles.
07/27/2000
How to develop a spiritual discipline.
07/20/2000
Balance in our bodies is often reflected in our lives.
05/15/2000
In many faiths, taking care of physical health is part of the tradition
04/11/2000
Because the body and mind are interrelated, good posture supports good meditation.
03/14/2000
A way to flex your physical and spiritual muscles.
02/23/2000
Our view of the body affects how we use it in worship and spiritual practices.
01/24/2000
The Monastic Living Series, by Lynda McDaniel
How communities help us grow spiritually.
05/31/2000
How to adapt the monastic practice of hospitality to everyday life.
05/10/2000
A daily prayer practice builds a relationship with the divine.
03/31/2000
Living simply by knowing what's important.
03/08/2000
How work can be a spiritual practice.
02/22/2000
Increasingly people are finding that principles practiced in monasteries are relevant to their lives in the outside world.
01/21/2000
How one company found both business and spiritual success.
By Mary Beth McCauley
02/21/2001
A Stranger's Prayers
One woman gets the answers to her prayers--a new sense of purpose.
By Susan Morin
11/01/2000
Angelic Morning Meditation
Start your day with this gentle, centering meditation. Narrated by Rev. Alma Daniel, music by Gerald Jay Markoe, and photographs by Marcia Lippman. Requires Flash.
11/01/2000
Just Do It
Practices that engage us physically--praying the rosary, pilgrimages, walking the Stations--can bring us closer to God.
By Fr. Robert Barron
10/13/2000
Hospital Patients Walk a Labyrinth
The ancient maze has yet another new application
10/12/2000
Walking the Wedding Labyrinth
Getting married on a labyrinth turns a ceremony of union into a walk of love
By Helen Curry
10/12/2000
Prayer in Times of Crisis
10/11/2000
Mother Drexel's Miracle
09/29/2000
Reclaiming Rituals
In week four of your spiritual retuning, says Shana Aborn, focus on small, sacred tasks.
09/07/2000
How to Practice Lectio Divina
A step-by-step guide to praying the Scriptures.
08/30/2000
Peace Meditation
Experience our peace meditation, inspired By monk, author, and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.
08/30/2000
Rosary Revival
Saying the rosary is becoming popular again as a means of meditation and contemplation.
By Kristen Campbell
08/30/2000
What Can I Love Today?
A simple retreat exercise brings love and gratitude into a man's life.
By Richard Bauman
08/30/2000
Meditation in Motion
Read about T'ai Chi, or Moving Qigong, then with the featured video clip, try a sitting Qigong exercise.
By Sifu Bill Douglas
08/10/2000
Private Prayers
People want prayer, but don't want their illnesses and problems made public.
By Susan Hogan-Albach
07/31/2000
Opening the Heart
Using metta meditation to open your heart, to yourself and to the world.
With Vipassana teacher Sharon Salzberg
07/13/2000
Spiritual Fitness
Getting the soul in shape with meditation, inspirational reading, and prayer.
By Tzivia Glover
06/20/2000
Prayer Is Hell
Seriously pursued, prayer confronts you with your own sinfulness.
By Jim Naughton
06/06/2000
From Kitchen Chair to Meditation Cushion
One woman's story of how prayer really does feed the soul
By Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
06/01/2000
Winter and the Way
How not to waste "each day lent By Heaven," and other Taoist wisdom on growing old.
Translated By Thomas Cleary
05/23/2000
A Plea for Personal Prayer
Instead of teaching kids to recite prayers they don't understand, let's teach them to pray from the heart.
By Rodger Kamenetz
05/08/2000
Sufi spiritual leader Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan says we need to shake off certain mental habits to see the Divine in the larger pattern of things.
05/08/2000
Holiness is Where You Find It
Discovering the sacred in everyday activities
By Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
05/05/2000
The Holy Chariot
The once-hidden teaching of the Holy Chariot is a vehicle that can carry us to higher consciousness.
By Rabbi David Cooper
04/25/2000
Life Is a Prayer
A busy modern woman has brought the practice of "praying the hours" to her workplace for more than 30 years.
By Phyllis Tickle
04/25/2000
On Taoism
Knowing the Tao is not a matter of knowledge but of experience.
By Ken Cohen
04/18/2000
The Potato-Chip Meditation
As a new twist on an old exercise, cookbook author Edward Espe Brown suggests mindful meditations on snack food.
04/11/2000
Prayer-Walking
The mental and spiritual benefits of a good stroll.
03/30/2000
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
The power of transformational space
By Stephen Cope
03/20/2000
Far From the Maddening Din
The case for creating your own inner Cone of Silence.
By Arthur J. Magida
03/15/2000
The Grasshopper Tale
Every day unusual things happen; we only need to become aware of them.
By Lewis Richmond
03/15/2000
In the Beginning Was Silence
Have the tell-it-all generation and New Age Spirituality helped create too much candor about the inner life in the general discourse?
By Sam Keen
02/25/2000
A New Prayer, A Father's Prayer
I was used to praying for myself and my needs. How different it was to pray for someone who needed me--my new son.
By Matthew Blair-Hoyt
02/10/2000
What is the Message of Unanswered Prayer?
A Catholic hospital chaplain explores an age-old problem: how to hold onto our faith when our prayers for healing go unanswered.
By Linda Arnold
02/08/2000
On Knowing Ourselves and Others
Some thoughts on coming into rhythm with your soul. With audio clip and transcript.
By John O'Donohue
02/04/2000
The Book of Hours
While monks invented the alarm clock to tie them to prayer times, today we're bound to the modern equivalent--our Day Timers.
By Gary Eberle
02/01/2000
My True Home is Brooklyn
The lessons from a meditation retreat continue long after one arrives home.
By Tracy Cochran
01/20/2000
Buddhist-Christian Interfaith Dialogue
Thomas Keating talks about his experience with East-West interfaith dialogue and the relationship of Zen and Christianity.
12/20/1999
Can you say...Hero?
How a simple request--Pray for me--alters a young boy's life.
By Tom Junod
12/20/1999
Caveat Meditator
Far from being a silver bullet for stress, meditation is a powerful tool for self-discovery.
By Jean Latz Griffin
12/20/1999
Resting in God
Trappist monk Thomas Keating talks about how centering prayer builds a relationship with God.
By Anne A. Simpkinson
12/20/1999
Science Studies the Jesus Prayer
Can seven words--Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me--change lives?
Excerpted from Spirituality & Health--The Soul/Body Connection r
12/20/1999