My dear friend, Ralph Lane, wrote poetry in his retirement years. One such poem, entitled, “I Will Never Be a Mystic,” reads: “I will never be a mystic and to be honest, I am not really trying though ...

In 2020, I decided to bend my own COVID-19 lockdown to positive ends. I used the enforced solitude to pursue and, I hoped, deepen my personal spirituality. I started reading about Christian mystics, ...

The protesters at the ICE facility outside Chicago are not an angry mob. We’re just people who believe in due process and free speech. Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay executive council member ...

At its most basic level, the word “mysticism” refers to a direct, intimate union of a person with God through contemplation and love. The Scripture readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter can help ...

Bernard McGinn, a professor at the University of Chicago, discussed his upcoming book Mysticism in the Reformation as a part of the Lowell Humanities Series on Wednesday night. His upcoming work kept ...

Bernard McGinn, The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism. In terms of sheer scholarship, this series is the most important contribution to the field of theology in the past ...

(RNS) — In his new book, ‘Desmond Tutu: A Spiritual Biography of South Africa’s Confessor,’ Michael Battle delves into the ways Tutu’s religious formation shaped a vision that helped topple apartheid ...

Using both symbols and words, some 800 women religious from around the world sat down together here to begin exploring links between mysticism and prophecy with the aim of energizing the lives of the ...

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. Golden Sufi Center (IPG, dist.), $12.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-1-890350-35-2 Vaughan-Lee (Love Is a Fire) complements intensity with brevity, which allows him to ignite ...