Heather Ruce

Today begins the second week of Advent in the Christian tradition, a season of quiet, slow, pregnant darkness. Last week, I invited all...

This day is the first day of Advent in the Christian tradition. I invite you once again into a vigil over these next three weeks leading...

At the close of this Autumn Triduum, we return to Cynthia Bourgeault's words, "In the quiet, brown time of the year, these fall Triduum...

It is the third day of the Autumn Triduum, November 2, All Souls' Day. Over the past two days we have stayed close to the invitation from...

Today we find ourselves in the middle of the the Autumn Triduum. November 1st, All Saints' Day or All Hallow's Day, has traditionally...

It is the first day of the Autumn Triduum, October 31st, All Saints' Eve or Halloween. As we join with one another in vigil across this...

It is autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, a season bringing cooler nights, a changing of light, a crispness in the air, the falling...

As we continue to make space for the Wisdom rhythms that keep us connected to what the heart knows amidst life's many rhythms, we must be...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday The times are out of joint, much twisted, recognition...

I trust you have been finding your way this summer (or winter) season with its many rhythms, making space to tend to what it is that you...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Thursday with Catherine Mind Wanting More Only a beige slat of...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Tuesday with Tom "Contemplation is a kind of seeing that is...

As mentioned last week, the Wisdom paths across the various spiritual traditions teach that there is more going on spiritually in and...

All of the Wisdom traditions teach in various ways that there is more going on spiritually in and around us than we notice in our...

As you know the Fourth of July was this past week, a day in the United States that represents and celebrates both freedom and...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday "In all my years of traveling around the world, one...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday, June 19th with Tom “Hence my false self is not...

This Wednesday is the Summer Solstice, the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. This day, and season, has been...

According to the Christian liturgical calendar we are now in what is considered the long green season of Ordinary Time. It is a time to...

There was no email sent out this week. From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday with Chris Persistent Visitor of Grace, come as a...

As you have probably heard from many Contemplative, Wisdom, and Mystic Teachers, there exists within us all something of the Divine...

There was no email sent out this week From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday with Heather Prayer of those who dwell in a monastery...

Today is a day of honoring and extending gratitude toward mother in so many different ways. Being a mother is not limited to those who...

So far this Eastertide, we have been focusing on four different postures (see below for links) we can learn to inhabit with the help and...