There will be an Ash Wednesday service in the Chapel on Feb 14 at 4pm eastern time. The service is on zoom and all are welcome. No need to register ahead of time or anything like that. Click HERE to go to our community page where you will find the link to join at the … Continue reading Ash Wednesday Service →

I have been reading the Wisdom of Solomon the last little while, and absolutely loving it. It was written somewhere around the turn of the first millennium, likely in the middle of the first century BCE. Everyone agrees it wasn’t actually written by Solomon, though it clearly invokes the imagery of Proverbs. Its place in … Continue reading The Nature of Wisdom →

I am very pleased to share the following reflection from Kreg Yingst, including a selection of his original block prints. Kreg is one of the regular contributors in our Facebook group Celtic Christianity, which is where I first encountered his beautiful artwork. He did a touching piece depicting my favourite scene from the life of … Continue reading Peregrinatio Pro Christo: Adventuring for Christ →

This essay is a continuation of one I wrote back in October about Jesus visiting the disciples after the resurrection. I used the version of the story found in John’s gospel to suggest a simple contemplative breathing practice. You can read that essay by clicking HERE. In this essay, I use the same story to … Continue reading The Sign of the Cross: A Simple Embodied Practice →

This essay is a continuation of one I wrote a while back about the Springs of Life. Both essays are inspired by a passage from Eriugena's Periphyseon where he brings together the Gospel of John and the Garden of Eden. I have included that passage here again, along with a brief explanation of its context. … Continue reading The Cardinal Virtues →

I am honoured to share a guest post with you from my friend and member of our community Jennifer Patino. Jennifer has been writing poetry from a very young age. She has had work featured in various publications, both online and in print. She lives in Traverse City, Michigan with her husband where she enjoys … Continue reading Prodigal Daughter: Rekindling a Relationship With Creator →

This essay is part three of a little series I have been doing about putting on the mind of Christ. I have continued to update the liturgies in the other two based on my own experience with practicing them. You can read the first one about kenosis HERE and the second one about tending your … Continue reading Inner Light: The Hidden Wealth of Nature →

Merry Christmas! The Sunday message today is a collaborative project of The Virtual Chapel community. I made a post in the group inviting people to share a little piece of writing. In the Facebook post, I introduced the following topic: "Christmas is an interesting season. It is a deeply spiritual time, when people come together to … Continue reading Sacred and Secular: Meditations on Christmas From the Chapel Community →

Last week I shared a liturgy of personal devotion designed to help us put on the mind of Christ each morning. You can read that liturgy by clicking HERE (I have made some slight adjustments to it since it first came out). Today I would like to share a complementary practice meant for the end … Continue reading Tending Your Flock: Ninian, Aelred, and Self Love →

I recently wrote a liturgy for personal devotion that I would like to share with you all. I am calling it a liturgy, and it definitely is one, but it is also a contemplative practice for starting a new day. I created it with my own spiritual progress in mind, but I hope it may … Continue reading The Mind of Christ: A Liturgy of Kenotic Participation →