St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

There was a time, the Rev. Laurence Freeman says, when meditation was taboo in much of Christianity. "Protestants thought it was too Catholic, and Catholics thought it was too Protestant in that it ...

Nurtured by Margaret Haines’ founding vision for The Contemplative Society, this initiative used a parish setting as a ...

In a darkened worship center, illuminated by soft lights and the faint glow of candles, 35 people sit quietly in deep meditation. Eventually, the silence is broken by a monastic chant, accompanied by ...

The Heartland Center for Spirituality invites the public to embark on a shared journey of transformation. Pilgrimage of the Heart is a dedicated two-year program designed to help us turn away from ...

The Dalai Lama and Friar Laurence Freeman in conversation.(ABC RN/Rachael Kohn) Christian meditation is increasingly popular, not only among adults seeking spiritual support in a materialistic age, ...

I serve as pastor for a medium-sized congregation that worships in a gorgeous, soaring mid-century sanctuary with a cream brick interior and tall, fluted windows. I call it a neighborhood cathedral.

In a few months I will be completing nine years of writing for “Mystic Mantra”. These columns are written as much for my own spiritual awakening and benefit as, hopefully, for that of the readers.

Hello and welcome to Compass. I'm Geraldine Doogue. Tonight, as a day of national mourning ends, we bring you a timely program that might help us deal with the painful shocks of the last week. After ...