Fr Laurence Freeman OSB, spiritual teacher of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), is visiting New Zealand in April. A monk of the Monastery of Christ the King in Cockfosters London in ...

In a darkened worship center, illuminated by soft lights and the faint glow of candles, 35 people sit quietly in deep meditation. Eventually, the silence is broken by a monastic chant, accompanied by ...

(RNS) — Rachael Reynolds is a busy wife and mom of three who, like many parents, suddenly has been tasked with home-schooling her children and managing the anxiety of a pandemic. Reynolds, 34, also is ...

There was a time, the Rev. Laurence Freeman says, when meditation was taboo in much of Christianity. "Protestants thought it was too Catholic, and Catholics thought it was too Protestant in that it ...

Mental health has received greater emphasis this lockdown year — isolation, loss of jobs and businesses, the effect on churches and schools and the simple irrationality of the rules can be wearing. It ...

Five years ago a casual decision unexpectedly changed my life. I had resolved to use days off to hike the Bruce Trail, a 500-mile route following the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario. I did so ...