One of the highlights of my recent vacation was a Sunday spent in the small cathedral city of Canterbury in the southeast of England. While I loved exploring the town itself, with its charming centuries-old pubs, bustling cobbled streets, and excellent beer, the day I spent in Canterbury didn’t feel like the other days on … Continue reading Pilgrimage
I haven’t posted anything on this site for a couple of weeks, but that has been for a good reason: I had a truly lovely twelve-day holiday and have been dealing with jet lag and a dastardly English cold since I got back Wednesday afternoon. I’ve written previously about the sacred dimension of rest, and … Continue reading Explore
Last week’s exploration of Minimalism as a sacred practice made me think about how I might similarly simplify my spiritual life. I thought about what it might look like to go back to the basics. And so, for this week’s practice, I returned to a venerable Christian practice of prayer, protection, and identity that dates … Continue reading The Sign of the Cross
One of the benefits of being in a spiritual tradition is that it allows us to build on the experiences of thousands of years of people who have gone before us. We don’t need to reinvent this ‘human thing’ from scratch on our own. And yet oddly this ancient wisdom is often lost on us … Continue reading Minimalism
One of the things I enjoy most about having moved around a lot and met a lot of people from a wide variety of backgrounds is that it’s given me a great window into both the similarities, but especially the differences, in the ways people think and make decisions. Some of my friends make decisions … Continue reading Inner Wisdom Circle
Matthew Root 