The first step in contemplation is to pause. By pausing, we make space to connect with God in the moment. Enter your email address and select any of the newsletters below.

Growing up near a lake in Florida, I learned that if I was quiet enough, I might hear the breath of a manatee as it floated to the surface for air. Catching a sign of these gentle "sea cows" always ...

Have you ever wondered about the purpose of the Transfiguration? Why does Jesus ascend a mountain to be manifested in his glory, when the very intent of his incarnation has been to live as we do, in ...

Along the coast of Oregon at the Nestucca Wildlife Sanctuary, there are old-growth Sitka Spruce over 500 years old. I imagine that they were around when St. Ignatius was a boy, and I feel connected to ...

Thomas Merton, the great twentieth-century American writer on spirituality, began his book New Seeds of Contemplation (1961, New Directions) with the suggestion that contemplation is, "The highest ...