Mountains of Silence
Fog and silence crawl along the landscape of wide plains and lonely trees. My eyes run through the hills to the singular trees standing out
Tag: contemplation
Inside Volume 4: An Interview with Sister Alison McCrary
Editor’s Note: Volume 4 is finished, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. Today we’re giving you a sneak peek into one
Poetry’s Deep Work
“Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.”– Jane Hirshfield, “Tree” I remember exactly where I was when I encountered poetry for the first time. I
Hesychasm and the Internet
How the ancient Christian discipline of active silence plays a role in the age of Twitter “Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner.”
A Case for Contemplation
When I called my friend Eduardo Santo for this interview on a Friday morning in September, I had just seen the news that a terror
