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Pride and the Forgotten Giver: The Cloud of Unknowing and Allowing God to be God (Lectio Divina)
What if the sin that leads the way to ruin never announces itself as pride at all, but as independence, self-sufficiency, and the quiet conviction that everything we hold is ours? The Cloud of Unknowing warns that pride blasphemes God in the very gifts He gives, and leaves us asking what we have been…
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Desire God Alone: The Cloud of Unknowing and the Freedom of Letting Go (Lectio Divina)
Life moves at a pace that can feel impossible to keep up with — and sometimes impossible to catch up to. This Lectio Divina begins there, with a soul that knows it is out of step and, in a moment of recollection, discovers that God’s love has never moved at that pace at all.…
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The Examined Life: A Christian Reflection on a Life Worth Living (Lectio Divina)
Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But what happens when you take that invitation seriously — and discover that the Christian life asks something far more demanding than mere self-reflection? This Lectio Divina reflection, drawn from the Preface of The Cloud of Unknowing, traces the arc from philosophical self-examination to Christian…
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Wandering and Wounded: A Lectio Divina on Exile, Longing, and the God Who Draws Near (Lectio Divina)
What do we do when faith is exhausted — when joy is laced with suffering, clarity with confusion, and the longing for God feels like exile? Drawing on the anonymous medieval classic The Cloud of Unknowing, this Lectio Divina sits with the rawness of spiritual fatigue and the contemplative invitation to remain in the…
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Lectio Divina: The Cloud Of Unknowing
A brief reflection on The Cloud of Unknowing highlights the heart of contemplative prayer: persevering love. The soul is invited to pierce the mystery of God not through intellect or effort, but through a steadfast longing that continues to love even in darkness, uncertainty, and spiritual dryness.
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Lectio Divina: Choose God Alone
This meditation on The Cloud of Unknowing invites us to center our entire being—mind, heart, and will—on God alone. It calls for a surrender of worldly attachments and distractions so that our deepest desire becomes divine union. In seeking nothing but God, we rediscover peace, simplicity, and spiritual clarity, allowing divine love to transform…