Articles The Shadow by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB The more we suppress the darkness within us, the more it leads a life of…
Articles Shared Spirituality by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB The integral practice of grateful living unites Christianity, Buddhism, and all religious traditions.
Interviews Spirit Trip: An Interview With a Monk by Jerzy Afanasjew We very urgently need rituals in our times. Brother David Steindl-Rast (born 1926) is a Benedictine…
Articles Spirituality as Common Sense by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB "To live a spiritual life means to act as one acts in one’s own house…
Articles The Syrian Crisis, A Reason for Gratefulness? by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB Can this be our opportunity to wake up to the age-old facts about fear and…
Articles Thomas Merton: Now at the Crack of Dawn by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB There is a danger of speaking too much about Thomas Merton and too little about…
Articles Recollections of Thomas Merton’s Last Days in the West by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB Drawing connections between Buddhism and Christianity, Merton reflects on the universal meaning of prayer.
Articles Tips for Offline Grateful Living Practice by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB Become aware of surprises. Relish surprises as life’s gifts. Surprise is the seed of gratefulness.…
Poetry Twelve Moons by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB When the wolf moon grows fat and the North wind roars on the shore, an…
Articles User-friendly Lent by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB Too often Lent has been misunderstood as a time of grim repentance, but it is…
Interviews Human and Divine Nature by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB (1999) Brother David talks about how the genuine spiritual basis of all religious traditions encourages…
Articles Views of the Cosmos by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB "The human heart communicates with the mystery in which the universe is embedded, like those…