Here’s a meditation offered by Sally Harrington Philippo during last weekend’s retreat, LIVING THE LIFE OF PRAYER. A teacher gave this homework: “Find an unnoticed flower somewhere outdoors and study it. Look carefully at its petals.  Its leaves. Its colours. Turn it over and observe the underside of it.  As...

“It’s in stillness that we prepare ourselves for dealing with the realities of life, which are often very difficult ones.”- Pico Iyer   More and more entirely secular people like the famous travel writer Pico Iyer are today being drawn to retreats and to the refreshment of quiet. He discusses...