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How Wonder Works
Wonder is one of our favorite practices in the Alphabet of Spiritual Literacy. It begins in the senses, comes alive in the imagination, and flourishes in adoration of the Divine. Wonder directs us t…
"W" is for Wonder
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories . . . and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time."
— Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of L…
Finding the Sacred
Catholic Wisdom
Q: Is there anything I can do to make myself enlightened?
A: As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.
Q: Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you pre…
The Joys of Reading
"Have a conversation with the author as you read. Underline passages that catch your fancy. Or, if you are reading a borrowed book or a library copy, copy favorite phrases into a notebook. Consider yo…
Daily Essential Practices
Taoist Wisdom
When the people lack a sense of awe, there will be trouble in the empire.
─ Lao Tzu in Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again!
Starstruck
By Nanyee Lin
A loner like GalileoWas starstruck
By none other than the mighty stars above
Saliva, A Bodily Overachiever
Like other bodily fluids (snot, vaginal fluids, and semen), saliva is not something we talk or think about very often. This clear, watery liquid comes from several glands in your mouth which secrete…
Reclaiming Wonder
I was perusing the courses offered by the School of Life in London, England, when I came across a promotion for "Reclaiming Wonder." The teacher was listed as Francesco Dimitri, a novelist and fanta…
Radical Amazement: Nature and the Spiritual Life of Children
In an essay written on his blog, Richard Louv writes about his desire to share with his children the glory of witnessing a sunrise on a mountain. He feels that this experience can be "a window to so…
Perpetual Wonder: A Spiritual Virtue
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."
— Alice Walker
In the spiritual alphabet offered by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat…
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