Preview
This month’s issue features:
- A brief note on the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, April 13-May 12
- Our monthly listing of online and in-person contemplative events
- Insights from Gustav Mahler, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Hunt, and Aldous Huxley
Spirit Journal – March 2021
Preview
This month’s issue features:
- Information about our upcoming workshop on Contemplation and Anti-Racism, presented in collaboration with the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate Anti-Racism Committee.
- An introduction to Reflections, a new library of writings about contemplation and related topics, which we’ve recently added to our website
- A poem by Sue Fox McGovern, inspired by her participation in the Living Flame 2 program
- Our monthly listing of additional online and in-person contemplative events
- Insights from Jack Kornfield, Ram Dass, Rami Shapiro and Bernie Glassman
Spirit Journal – February 2021
Preview
This month’s issue features:
- Your final opportunity to be part of this Thursday’s Howard Thurman workshop
- Remembrances of Father William Meninger, one of the originators of Centering Prayer, who passed away on Valentine’s Day
- A reflection by Sandra Janowski inspired by a modern translation of a well-known scripture passage and a poem by Deborah Marqui inspired by the winter of ’21
- Our monthly listing of additional online and in-person contemplative events
- Insights from Thomas Keating, Basil Pennington, William Meninger, and Albert Einstein
Spirit Journal – January 2021
Preview
New Year, new beginnings. Our January issue features:
- Information about how you can participate in two programs offered by Contemplative Outreach Chicago: Centering Prayer Weekend Immersion and Living Flame 2
- A pair of thoughtful reflections on recent history, offered by Alan Krema and Nancy Sylvester, IHM
- A remembrance of Rev. Ken Sedlak, CssR.
- Sandra Janowski’s thoughts inspired by a modern translation of a well-known scripture passage
- A reminder to save the dates in mid-June for our 2021 Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreats
- Our monthly listing of additional online and in-person contemplative events
- Insights from Kuya Minogue, Yung-chia Ta-shih, Thomas Keating and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spirit Journal – December 2020
Preview
Merry Christmas! Our December issue features:
- A reflection on Advent as a time for contemplation and consent
- Dates and details for three Enter the Chaos online retreats being offered January-March by the Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue
- A suggestion that you save the dates in mid-June for our 2021 Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreats
- Our monthly listing of additional online and in-person contemplative events
- Insights – this month devoted to a Christmas poem by Howard Thurman
Spirit Journal – November 2020
Preview
- Our November issue begins with a heartfelt Thanksgiving reflection and an invitation from Alan Krema.
- Next, we announce the dates and details for Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreats we’re planning for next June. Save the dates!
- Deborah Marqui offers Golden Glory — a poem inspired by an exuberant burst of fall color.
- Our monthly listing of additional online and in-person contemplative events includes several Advent activities, a free Introductory Workshop, and also lets you know about one important postponement.
- This month’s Insights come from Yolam Ottolenghi, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Tennessee Williams, and Thomas Keating.