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Obedience Without Anxiety: Meister Eckhart and the Goodness That Fears Nothing (Lectio Divina)
What if the thing you fear losing was never yours to keep, and the goodness you’re chasing was already folded into obedience itself? Meister Eckhart makes a claim that unsettles as much as it comforts — that true obedience carries within it every form of goodness there is. This reflection sits with anxiety, the…
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Obediential Love: Eckhart, Christ’s Command, and the Cross We Are Asked to Bear (Lectio Divina)
What does it mean to be truly obedient — not to a rule, but to love itself? Meister Eckhart calls obedience “a virtue above all virtues,” but Christ’s own command to love God, neighbor, and self reframes obedience as something far more costly and far more freeing than mere compliance. Where the vertical meets…
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The Opening and the Entering: Love Calling to Love (Lectio Divina)
Meister Eckhart teaches that God’s longing for us outpaces our longing for Him by a thousandfold — and that the opening He makes for us and the entering we make into Him are not two movements but one. This Lectio Divina takes that claim seriously: if our desire for God is already a response…
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Beneath the Threat of Nothingness: Contemplative Prayer and the God Who Fills Every Void (Lectio Divina)
Contemplative prayer invites us into the darkness — into the silence and emptiness we most fear. Drawing on Meister Eckhart’s Sermon 4, this Lectio Divina reflection traces the movement from fear to trust: the fear of being alone and unloved, the surrender of everything we cling to, and the discovery that the vast emptiness…
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The Ground of Creativity: Sabbath Rest and the God Who Rests With Us (Lectio Divina)
Drawing on Steve Macchia and the Sabbath theology of Genesis, this Lectio Divina explores the relationship between creativity and rest — and invites us to discover that rest is not a pause from our creative lives, but the very ground from which all true creativity flows.
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The Gift of Wonder: Letting Go of Certainty and Resting in Mystery (Lectio Divina)
We spend so much of our lives grasping for certainty — as if knowing enough could protect us from pain, loss, or the sheer vastness of what we cannot control. But what if the part of us that demands to know is not the deepest part of us at all? Drawing on Serene Jones,…
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Letting Go of God to Receive God: Detachment, Grace, and Divine Union (Lectio Divina)
A reflective meditation on St. John of the Cross’s call to detach from all attachments—even our concepts of God—to experience divine union through grace. Drawing on Scripture and mystical insight, this piece invites readers to let go of self-reliance and embrace God’s transformative presence beyond human effort.
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Lectio Divina: Unwounded Soul
Meister Eckhart’s insight invites a deep contemplation of the divine refuge within each of us. This Lectio Divina reflects on the hidden, grace-filled center of the soul where God dwells untouched by sorrow, failure, or sin. It reminds us that no matter what we endure, there remains an inner sanctuary created by God, a…
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Lectio: Wherever Or Withwhomsorver We May Be
In this insightful Lectio Divina, Meister Eckhart challenges conventional notions of spirituality by emphasizing the importance of inner solitude amidst daily life. He encourages us to find God not by escaping the world, but by penetrating the depths of our everyday experiences, discovering the divine presence within them. This reflection inspires readers to cultivate…