Friends, I hope you’ll join me on Substack where I’m creating a new series of brief inspirational writings called Mystical Journey. Subscribers receive up to 3-4 emails from me each…
Books by Carl McColman
Carl McColman leads us to the brink of lessons no book can teach, then frees us to go forward to learn them, trusting the God who meets us at every…
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…
Religious Pluralism and the Fractal Theory of Religions: An Appreciation of Perry Schmidt-Leukel
From time to time I like to spotlight on this blog books and authors that I am finding interesting and/or compelling. These days, one such author if Perry Schmidt-Leukel. Schmidt-Leukel…
Join Patreon and Get Access to a Meditation Library
Throughout 2024 I wrote and recorded twenty-four meditations, based on wisdom teachings from three spiritual traditions: The Eight Beatitudes from the wisdom teachings of Jesus; The Noble Eightfold Path from…
Register Now for the January 2025 Centering Prayer Summit!
Friends, I’ll be part of the January 2025 Centering Prayer Summit sponsored by Closer Than Breath. This online event takes place on January 25 and 26 —click here to register!…
Let’s Elect Silence
N.B. I wrote this post for my new Substack publication, Mystical Journey. But since the message is timely, I’m cross-posting it here. Despite its significant flaws, Thomas Merton’s The Seven Storey…
Subscribe to the Mystical Journey Substack
I’ve started a Substack! If you’re not familiar with Substack, it’s like a blog that you read through email. My Substack is called “Mystical Journey” and will include a variety…
Examen of the Senses (Inclusive Version)
In 2020, I posted to this blog an “Examen of the Senses” which I co-wrote with my wife Fran. We wrote it for use in our Catholic adult faith formation…
Themes that Inspired “Eternal Heart”
I’m writing this blog post the morning after returning home from a lovely weekend where I was the guest presenter at Minnesota Contemplative Outreach’s fall retreat. We spent our time…
Join Me for the Spiritual Wanderlust Contemplative Summit (October 24-27)!
I’m so honored to be one of the presenters of the Spiritual Wanderlust 2024 Contemplative Summit! I’m joining other contemplative writers and teaches like Carmen Acevedo Butcher, James Finley, Kaira…
Who’s Giving Up On (the Institutional) Church? It’s No Longer Just the “Casual Christians” who are Disappearing
Here’s a fascinating quotation from Laura Anderson’s important and insightful book, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion: Anecdotal evidence suggests that the largest…