The pointed and shaking finger of our adamant inner schoolteachers often accompanies calls to engage and stick with ancient (read: tried and proven) spiritual practices. Not so with Bourgeault's ...

The psalms have long been a mainstay of Christian liturgical singing. While these songs of the Hebrew Bible first expressed the relationship of Israel to the God of salvation, Christians have heard in ...

The Benedictine Monks of Norcia spend their lives in prayer and labor – "ora et labora" – chanting the psalms and producing crafts to support themselves. This week, they also released an album meant ...

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