Here’s a recording I recently made to launch a new series of monthly Zoom calls I am doing, called “Explore Christian Mysticism” — it’s a deeper dive into my book The…
Category: Contemplation
Let’s Meet the Wild Goose Festival Wisdom Camp — Our Theme is “Radical Mysticism”!
I’m so excited to be returning to the Wild Goose Festival in Union Grove, NC (north of Charlotte) for a day-long event called “Wisdom Camp: Radical Mysticism.” I’m co-facilitating this…
A Reminder: My New Writing is Now Exclusively Available Through Substack!
Friends, just a friendly reminder that I am not posting new content here at www.anamchara.com — to find my latest writing, please visit the Anamchara newsletter at Substack. It’s free…
Words of Encouragement for New Spiritual Directors
Recently I was honored to serve as a keynote speaker for the graduation ceremony for a new cohort of spiritual directors, who have completed the Spiritual Direction formation program sponsored…
Principles for Contemplative Dialogue
For a number of years I participated in a Centering Prayer group here in Georgia. While I am no longer actively part of that group, I received many blessings from…
Who are the Essential Mystics?
A reader of this blog wrote the following message to me… Hi Carl. Thank you for all of the incredible information about mysticism on your website. It’s been a tremendous…
Can Love Be Saved?
Can Love Be Saved? Recently I was speaking with a friend of mine who is a hospital chaplain. She was lamenting how challenging it is sometimes to bring a prayerful…
The Theology of the Hail Mary: Contemplative Wisdom or Dualistic Fear?
A long-term reader of this blog recently wrote to me and posed this question: Carl, what do you think the last line of the Hail Mary means? “Holy Mary, Mother…
Quotations and an Examen for Making Our Contemplative Practice Real
This weekend I had the honor of giving the closing talk at the 2025 Centering Prayer Summit, sponsored by Closer Than Breath. Since my talk was the last talk of…
Guidelines for Centering Prayer (Video)
This video is an excerpt from a talk I gave recently on Patreon, as part of my new Practical Mysticism series of monthly Zoom calls. It’s simply my explanation of…
Judge or Healer: Some Thoughts on a Mystical Approach to God
A reader of this blog recently wrote this message to me: Hi Carl, I recently enjoyed your book Eternal Heart. I have a fundamentalist/Evangelical background and am relatively new to…
The Radical Sacred Podcast: A Conversation About Contemplation, Mysticism and Merton
I recently was invited to be a guest on the “Radical Sacred” podcast, hosted by spiritual director Jenny Misslin and Methodist minister the Rev. Phillip Dieke. They had gotten their…