There are few practices which scream the 2010s like mindfulness meditation. (See my 2018 post on it for some then-recent data about the trend.) But while that particular surge of popularity may be over, meditation itself was far from a fad. In one guise or another, it’s been around for millennia, in cultures spanning the … Continue reading Soul Speech: Meditation and Contemplative Prayer
When we think about sacred practices, especially ones that engage with the mysterious realms of creativity, imagination, and the depths of the soul, we often think of complex practices and rites. But sometimes, the most impactful ones are the simplest. Sometimes letting the soul speak is as simple as closing your eyes, asking yourself what … Continue reading Soul Speech: Intentions
As I mentioned the other day, in some ways this series that I’m calling “Soul Speech” circles back on the first ever series I did here, in which I spent a whole year undertaking different sacred practices. And one of the very firsts posts I wrote here was on today’s topic: journaling as a sacred … Continue reading Soul Speech: Journaling
Back in 2020 I wrote a series I called “Sanctified Imagination,” which was all about not just the acceptability of using the imagination in the life of faith, but the importance and even necessity of doing so. I felt so strongly about it that I reposted the series intact in 2023. As I wrote in … Continue reading Soul Speech: In Defense of Imagination
Alleluia! Christ is risen! I hope you all had a blessed Lent, impactful Holy Week, and beautiful Easter. My Lent was excellent, but between writing daily posts here, a busy time at work, and having the great medieval theologian St. Bonaventure as my Lenten companion, it was also very ‘heady’. And there’s nothing wrong with … Continue reading Soul Speech: Introduction
Matthew Root 