julian of norwich
In times of fear, I return to Julian of Norwich
The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.
Astrolabes, sundials, candles, and clocks
Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm explore the medieval preoccupation with time.
Julian the theologian
We ignored her for hundreds of years. Then we reduced her to a slogan.
What Christian hope looks like during a pandemic
Living into the desired new creation is our work—and God’s promise.
Social distancing lessons from the anchoresses
It takes more than isolation to make us into contemplatives.
The divided life and the divine mother
Parker Palmer writes of the divided life: having sensed that what’s within us is somehow unacceptable, we live contrary to it. In so doing we snuff our own inner light and suffocate our soul.
American life seems divided about Mother’s Day.