Resources for the Journey
This Site is Still Under Construction, But Ought To Get You Started!
The Council on Spiritual Practices
The Council on Spiritual Practices is a collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred more available to more people.
Spirituality and Practice
This is the site run by Mary and Frederick Brussat (Spiritual Literacy) and it is an amazingly eclectic and useful resource.
The Harmony Project
The web site of the Harmony Project, the goal of which is “to provide a learning platform for those who wish to grow stronger in the practice and demonstration of their own faith while honoring and appreciating the sacred in other spiritual paths.”
Eight Gates Training Program of Zen Mountain Monastery
This is the page of the Zen Mountain Monastery’s web site that deals with the Eight Gates Training Program, the foundation for the eight spheres of spiritual growth.
Sacred Space
This site run by Irish Jesuits gently guides you through a practice of lectio devina. Thousands of people have made this site a regular stop in their day.
The World Community for Christian Meditation
A worldwide community that follows the teaching of John Main, a Benedictine monk who reintroduced a Christian meditation practice based on the use of a mantra.
Contemplative Outreach
Dedicated to the work of Fathers Thomas Keating and Basil Pennington, among others, this site is dedicated to the practice and insights of Centering Prayer, a modern interpretation of ancient Christian contemplative prayer practices.
The Empty
This site is, “a sanctuary for the study and practice of Christian meditation and prayer. . . . [giving] special attention to the Christian-Buddhist dialogue, to artistic expression of spiritual insight, and to the relationship between spirituality and stewardship of our bio-diverse natural world.”
Links to Contemplative Resources
This page on the Shalem Institute’s site provides a plethora of possibilities for further searching.
A site for some truly wonderful icons—both traditional and iconoclastic. Look also at the work of Robert Lentz at Trinity Stores (http://www.trinitystores.com/)
A compendium of online resources for the spiritual seeker.
Mysticism in the Worlds Religions
This site has an interrelated collection of quotations from the great traditions of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. It can be searched by author, tradition, or cross-culturally by theme.
World Prayers
A multi-cultural collection of prayers categorized as Adoration, Celebration, Invocation, and Meditation. A unique feature is the “prayer wheel” that you can spin to randomly select a prayer.
Peace Prayer
A site dedicated specifically for prayer for peace from a variety of religious traditions. A very moving site.
SpiritWalk
This is another collection of peace prayers from a variety of world’s religions.
Holy Counting Beads
This is a branch from the TheBeadSite.com site, a site for The Center for Bead Research. This page provides information on Buddhist, Hindu, Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, and Bah’ai use of beads, and also then provides links to a wealth of bead related information.
The Rosary Shop
This URL will bring you specifically to an online demonstration of how to use flex wire to make your own rosary. The techniques could be used, of course, for any style of bead.
Worship Web—an online resource for Unitarian Universalists which covers everything from worship theory to readings for specific times in a service. Quite a helpful resource. [The handout on worship theory was adapted from: Common Worship: why and how]
The Unitarian Universalist Spiritual Directors' Network
A loose association of Unitarian Universalist clergy and laity who provide spiritual direction to others.
Spiritual Directors International
a global learning community of people from many faiths and many nations who share a common concern, passion and commitment to the art and contemplative practice of spiritual direction.
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
One of the leading trainers of ecumenical Spiritual Directors. They maintain a geographical list of Directors which can aid your search for one.
http://www.spiritpainting.com/ (The website of Jennifer Lightwolf Jones, presenting an innovative kind of spiritual painting)
http://www.fingerpainter.com/ (The art of professional finger painter Mary Ann Brandt)
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ (A website that lets you be Jackson Pollock on your computer!)
http://www.salsa.net/peace/quotes.html (764 quotations on peaceQuotes from the
http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_justice.html (Justice Quotes from WisdomQuotes)
http://www.volunteermatch.org/ (VolunteerMatch “where volunteering begins”)
http://www.1-800-volunteer.org/1800Vol/OpenIndexAction.do (The site of 1-800-Volunteer)
http://www.idealist.org/ (Idealist.org “action without borders”)
bravenet.com