Susan Cooper | January 12, 2020
Between August and November 2019, The Center for Action and Contemplation sponsored an online Introductory Wisdom School course based on Cynthia Bourgeault’s Intro Wisdom School...
CONTINUEBill Britten | December 18, 2019
Three Wisdom retreats in six weeks. The first was Teilhard and Gurdjieff in Conversation at Claymont, followed by a six-day silent Centering Prayer retreat in...
CONTINUEMarcella Kraybill-Greggo | December 18, 2019
…To be “a bit braver in the next hour…” ~ G.I.Gurdjieff At the Claymont Society for Continuous Education, in Charles Town W Va, October 28...
CONTINUESharon Kowatch | November 22, 2019
Presence. Sadness. As I was gathering my belongings to make the trip back home at the end of the retreat “Reclaiming the Mystical Heart of...
CONTINUEBill Redfield | November 11, 2019
How I have come to use this methodology? What might it offer to you? “The Consent of Advent,” a virtual Advent retreat, will begin on...
CONTINUEMatthew Wright | November 2, 2019
Last November, nearly a year ago now, a large number of us gathered at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, NY to participate in Cynthia Bourgeault’s...
CONTINUEBill Britten | October 25, 2019
This past September Sarah and I planned a contemplative retreat for our two-week stay at a cottage in Maine. This was an experiment, to see...
CONTINUEJoshua Tysinger | September 17, 2019
For Wisdom: this is an experiential piece I penned on what I refer to as the phenomenon of “contemplative homelessness.” As a longtime social justice...
CONTINUEJo Taylor | August 28, 2019
What follows is an article on the Desert Fathers and Mothers retreat that Cynthia Bourgeault led in Tucson Arizona in the winter of 2018. Beautifully...
CONTINUEAndrew Breitenberg | August 16, 2019
On my way to Ohio last weekend I had a layover in Philadelphia. My first flight had been delayed and with about 12 minutes to...
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