Inspiration
Living a Vibrant Spiritual Life
Here you’ll find writings from our staff and associates. In the pursuit of a Vibrant Spiritual Life, you might appreciate words of inspiration and encouragement. We update this page regularly with fresh words and ideas; please return frequently!
The True Wonder of Life Is People
The True Wonder of Life? It's People, People, People by CSW Director Rob Field There's a saying I love from the indigenous people of New Zealand. It goes like this: If you ask what is the greatest thing, I will tell you:It is people, people, people. -Taitokerau...
Life is a Pilgrimage, and We Are Pilgrims
by CSW Director Rob Field It's the major spiritual practice shared by all the great religious traditions of the world. Pilgrimage not only means travelling to a different place. It also involves a passage from home to sacred spaces in order to deepen our...
The Light That Never Goes Out
The Light That Never Goes Out and Teilhard de Chardin's "noosphere" by CSW Director Rob Field An old song I love has a refrain that's been stuck in my head for a couple of days: "There is a light and it never goes out, there is a light and it NEVER goes out"...
Beauty Can Save Us
On the Power of Beauty by CSW Director Rob Field Glory be to God for dappled things –For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow. Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Pied Beauty" (1877) Beauty can save us, if we'll let it. If you're struck by the kind of natural beauty...