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Bede Griffiths

Alan Richard “Bede” Griffiths (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), also known as Swami Dayananda (Bliss of Compassion), was a British-born Benedictine monk and missionary who lived in ashrams in South India. He was born at Walton-on-Thames, England and studied literature at Magdalen College, Oxford under professor and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, whoContinue reading “Bede Griffiths”

Bruno Barnhart

Bruno Barnhart (1931-2015) was a monk of the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, CA. Camaldolese monks follow the rule of Saint Benedict, only with a greater emphasis on solitude than is typically found among other Benedictines. Fr. Bruno wrote several books, all dedicated to the reclamation of “Sapiential Christianity,” which is to say, Christianity as aContinue reading “Bruno Barnhart”

Richard Rohr

Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher who bears witness to the deep wisdom of Christian mysticism and traditions of action and contemplation. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) and academic Dean of the Living School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has lived since 1986.  For over fiftyContinue reading “Richard Rohr”

Cynthia Bourgeault

Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path. She has been a long-time advocate of the meditative practice of CenteringContinue reading “Cynthia Bourgeault”

Marshall Davis

Marshall Davis lives in a small New Hampshire village where he enjoys the mountains and lakes. He is a husband, father, grandfather, cribbage and backgammon player, tea drinker, wood stove feeder, vegetable gardener, walker, occasional hiker, nature lover, and Baptist minister. Along the way he has earned some theological degrees, served as a full-time pastorContinue reading “Marshall Davis”

Brother John Martin

Brother John Martin Sahajananda, born in 1955, was one of the closest followers of Father Bede Griffith, who strongly influenced him. He made his theological studies at St.Peter’s Seminary of Bangalore, where he discovered the writings of the founders of Shantivanam (Jules Monchanin and Henry Le Saux). This discovery has transformed his vision of Christ andContinue reading “Brother John Martin”