Fear (and Conflict)
“…we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears (2 Corinthians 7:5). In this passage St. Paul captures what...
Conflict (Inner)
“Yet here [striving to do God’s will] is precisely where the conflict is great. What gives our inner conflicts their power over us? We...
Faith and Knowledge
“In order to become wise, we must first become fools. The most valuable knowledge of all is the knowledge of what we don’t know. The...
Prayer ("Techniques" and Discovery)
“…cultivating a contemplative practice, such as using a prayer word, the breath, sitting in stillness, is not to reduce prayer to a...