40 Best Contemplation Blogs and Websites
Contemplation Blogs
Here are 40 Best Contemplation Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. Center for Action and Contemplation Blog
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is an educational nonprofit introducing seekers to the contemplative Christian path of transformation. Our vision is to transform people working together for a more just and connected world.
cac.org
187K⋅ 32.9K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact More
2. Contemplative Outreach
West Milford, New Jersey, US
Contemplative Outreach is a spiritual network of individuals and small faith communities committed to living the contemplative dimension of the Gospel. The common desire for Divine transformation, primarily expressed through a commitment to a daily Centering Prayer practice, unites our international, interdenominational community.
contemplativeoutre..
6.2K⋅ 9.4K ⋅2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
3. Anamchara Blog
Clarkston, Washington, US
In 1996 I named my website Anamchara, which is a Gaelic word meaning 'Soul Friend.' We encounter God - the Ultimate Mystery - by weaving together silence, love, sacred stories, the capacity to wonder, celebrate, contemplate, pray, and the care of companions along the way.
anamchara.com/blog
5.6K⋅ 4.8K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
4. Contemplative Light Blog
US
We are a collective of spiritual teachers and writers hoping to educate, heal, and guide spiritual pilgrims in their quest to grow closer to God. Contemplative Light provides education and resources in a global effort towards inner transformation through contemplative prayer and meditation.
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contemplativelight..
11K⋅ 2.4K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
5. Contemplative Monk Blog
Contemplative Monk exists for you! Our community is filled with a hunger to live with authenticity, meaning, and depth. We love exploring the riches found in all wisdom traditions. Though most of us are Christian in origin, we find ourselves blessed by the Sufis, the Jewish Kabbalah tradition, Buddhists, Celtic and indigenous roots, and many more.
contemplativemonk...
811.5K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact More
6. Crossroads Initiative » Contemplation
Dallas, Texas, US
The Crossroads Initiative is a band of wayfarers who've been gripped by the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and are trying to become his disciples. Our mission is to urge others, no matter what stage they've reached, to press on further down the road and bring others along with them. The Contemplation blog is a place where you will find articles and information about history and facts.
crossroadsinitiati..
4.4K ⋅3 posts / year Get Email Contact More
7. Patheos » Contemplative Voices
US
Patheos is the leading web platform hosting a dialogue on all of the world's religions. Our articles and Library have a visually stunning compendium of information about all the religions of the world compiled by some of the world's top religious leaders and scholars. The Patheos Contemplative is a forum for the whole contemplative community. We're monks and meditators, lovers of liturgy and pure mystics, students of ancient texts, and studies of the latest brain science. We share best practices, learn from each other's experiences, discuss big questions, and most of all, support each other.
patheos.com/contem..
95K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
8. Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation
At Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation we believe that we gain power not by controlling others but by yielding ourselves to God in a love that respects others.
harvestingthefruit..
1 post / day Get Email Contact More
9. The Center for Contemplative Practice
The Center for Contemplative Practice is an informal group of people dedicated to giving others the practices and tools needed to grow deeper in their spirituality through contemplation, most especially, silence, solitude, work, prayer, and community.
thecenterforcontem..
120 ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
10. CMind Society Blog
Massachusetts, US
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society is a global community of contemplative practitioners whose goal is the ongoing development of racial, social, economic, and environmental justice and the advancement of human flourishing.
contemplativemind...
10.6K ⋅7 posts / year Get Email Contact More
11. The Contemplative Life Blog
Welcome to The Contemplative Life. Contemplative Life is a website and blog devoted to exploring modern contemplative spirituality in all of its diverse forms. The world's mystics, across time and from each religious tradition, have taken a journey, which ultimately leads from the surface of consciousness to the Source of consciousness, and from selfhood to selflessness.
thecontemplativeli..
3 posts / month Get Email Contact More
12. Shalem Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Grounded in our understanding of God's desire for peace, wholeness, and well-being, we envision a world transformed by contemplative living and leadership in which all people honor one another and creation, recognize their unity and interconnectedness, and courageously seek to live out of this reality.
shalem.org/articles
11.6K ⋅3 posts / month Get Email Contact More
13. Spiritual Direction » Contemplation
SpiritualDirection.com is the largest website dedicated to authentic Catholic spirituality in the world, offering daily guidance to visitors from 190 countries through free life-changing resources and daily e-mail updates. Read our contemplation blog and learn about how to Seek Him - Find Him - Follow Him.
spiritualdirection..
2 posts / year Get Email Contact More
14. Contemplative at Home
I'm Lissy, and Contemplative at Home is my passion project, work that fills me with gratitude and joy. My desire in all things is to facilitate a deepening interior sense of wholeness, freedom, and abundance of life. May you experience some of this as you encounter the Lord's gracious love through these blogs.
contemplativeathom..
2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
15. The Contemplative Society Blog
The Contemplative Society is an inclusive non-profit association that encourages a deepening of contemplative prayer based on the Christian Wisdom tradition while also welcoming and being supportive of other meditation traditions. We offer a consistent and balanced path for spiritual growth and transformation rooted in prayer, silence, mindful work, and in the 1500-year-old wisdom of our Benedictine contemplative heritage.
contemplative.org/..
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
16. Marist JPIC Blog » Living Contemplatively
Marist JPIC Blog gives Justice, Peace, and Integrity to Creation ministries throughout the Marist world. The Blog entries categorized under Living Contemplatively will give you articles on Social Justice peace, a mission to the poor, some inter-religious articles about god, and much more to give you information.
jpicblog.maristsm...
3 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
17. Contemplify
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Contemplify kindles the examined life for contemplatives in the world. Thumb through the conversations, show notes and drink pairings below. For a certain type of contemplative, a trove of inspiration awaits.
contemplify.com/pod
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
18. Center for Spiritual Living Tucson Blog » Contemplation
Tucson, Arizona, US
The Center for Spiritual Living Tucson inspires spiritual expression in community with all and offers an accepting, loving, and peaceful way of living a joyful, healthier, and more abundant life. The Contemplation section is a Spiritual Alternative offering spiritual solutions to everyday challenges.
tucsoncsl.org/cate..
935 ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
19. Mike Morrell » Contemplative
I blog what I live: finding myself in a place of spiritual simplexity - sinking roots deep into the compost of the seeming decay of our cherished ideas and institutions, drawing from an array of theologies, spiritualities, and praxes intersecting in the noosphere today, and watching where the unexpected shoots of new life spring forth. In the Contemplative section, you will find detailed articles written by me that will increase your knowledge about god and will make you feel closer to him.
mikemorrell.org/ca..
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
20. Beginning to Pray » Contemplation
US
i am Anthony Lilles and I find myself needing to write this blog on prayer because every day it is as if I must, by God's grace, make a new beginning in my own life of prayer. The Contemplation blog is a word of hope for beginning to pray, suffering for the truth, building a contemplative culture and following the crucified Christ.
beginningtopray.bl..
9 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
21. Unadulterated Love Blog
Unadulterated Love doesn't have a program and is not an organization. I offer my dreams and thoughts as a resource in the hope that the energy and conviction that enthuses me will be channeled by others to create change in individual lives and corporate Church life, and that we, who engage with this site, will evolve in the energy of unconditional love.
unadulteratedlove...
1 post / week Get Email Contact More
22. Cloud-Bearing Mountain Blog
US
Cloud-Bearing mountain is a Christian spiritual retreat center.we offer residential retreats and theological training structured around the practice of contemplative prayer. silent directed retreats form the heart of our programming.
cbmountain.org/blog
363 ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact More
23. Contemplative Homeschool Blog
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Here at Contemplative Homeschool, we help Catholics of all ages to grow closer to Christ at home, through books, videos, courses, blog posts, social media, homeschool resources, and online events. Our materials are top-quality, presenting traditional Catholic spirituality in a language today's Catholics can understand.
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24. Minnesota Contemplative Outreach Blog
Minnesota Contemplative Outreach is one of more than 120 chapters in 53 countries formed by National Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., a worldwide spiritual network that provides support and resources for Centering Prayer Practitioners. We are an ecumenical group of women and men volunteers ministering together to support and nurture the practitioners of Centering Prayer in Minnesota. We do this by providing teachers, sharing resources, and building community.
minnesotacontempla..
10 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
25. Contemplative Inquiry Blog
Gloucester, England, UK
I am James Nichol and I live in the city of Gloucester, England, having just moved there from Stroud in the same county. My contemplative inquiry began in 2012, grounded in modern Druidry. In this blog, I include personal sharing, photographs, discursive writing, poetry, and book reviews.
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contemplativeinqui..
2 posts / week ⋅ Sep 2012 Get Email Contact More
26. Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue Blog
The Institute for Communal Contemplation and Dialogue is a 501c3 organization founded in 2002 and organized to educate, resource, and organize people of faith to reflect, analyze and act on the critical issues of church and society through a process of contemplation and dialogue. The Institute contributes to, fosters, and facilitates the larger movement for the transformation of consciousness so as to create new responses to the crises of our time and cultivate a healthy Earth community.
iccdinstitute.org/..
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
27. Wesleyan Contemplative Order Blog
Wesleyan Contemplative Order is a community of individuals and small bands committed to opening space for God's grace to nurture the process of inner transformation, through contemplative practices as exemplified in Wesley's means of grace.
wesleyancontemplat..
10 posts / year Get Email Contact More
28. Thoughts on a Contemplative Reformation Blog
South Carolina, US
Thoughts on a Contemplative Reformation is for the Intersection of Contemplative Practice and Congregational Ministry. Read articles and poems that will help to connect to god and gives you knowledge about him in a very beautiful manner.
contemplativerefor..
1 post / month Get Email Contact More
29. Journal of Contemplative Studies Blog
Virginia, US
JCS is focused on publishing rigorous academic work on contemplation that is deeply grounded in the humanities in the most capacious sense. The mission of the JCS is to provide an academic forum for specialists to publish rigorous, innovative, humanities-based scholarship in Contemplative Studies and to promote interconnections across disciplines, perspectives, and traditions. The JCS Blog is an online community forum for news and discussion about the journal and topics related to Contemplative Studies.
contemplativejourn..
53 ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
30. The Contemplative Homemaker Blog
Welcome to The Contemplative Homemaker, a blog dedicated to crafting an authentic spiritual life of contemplation in action. Here you'll find tips on homemaking, liturgical living, reflections on scripture, and all things Catholic.
thecontemplativeho..
1 post / quarter Get Email Contact More
31. Contemplative Knitting Blog
Julie Cicora is an avid knitter who believes in the power of prayer. After being ordained as an Episcopal Priest, Julie began studying prayer which led to her first book 'All I Can Do Is Pray' about her experience as a hospital chaplain. She started a contemplative prayer practice which she found very hard to sustain until she combined it with knitting. Knitting opened the door to a daily prayer practice for Julie and other knitters who have participated in Julie's Lenten Knit along.
contemplativeknitt..
2 posts / month Get Email Contact More
32. The Contemplative Life Blog
The Contemplative Life is a website and blog devoted to exploring modern contemplative spirituality in all of its diverse forms. You can read beautiful poems and articles written by the author that will give you peace of mind.
contemplation.blog
1 post / quarter Get Email Contact More
33. Christians Practicing Yoga » Meditation & Contemplation
US
We are a non-profit organization that values and honors the intersections of yoga philosophy and Christian theology - and the practices of both - in order to create inclusive spaces for Christ-centered people to learn with and from each other. Our Meditation & Contemplation articles are about the intersection of yoga and Christianity, and how the practices compare, contrast, and complement each other.
christianspractici..
2.9K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
34. Christian Contemplation Blog
California, US
This website provides Bible Study and Prayer Resources, and we teach Christian Contemplation for one's growth in a relationship with Jesus. Contemplating on Jesus can lead to greater Love and this is our objective. We also provide information on many Sacred Traditions of the Christian Church and support for the contemplative spiritual journey.
contemplation.info..
3 posts / year Get Email Contact More
35. Passionist Nuns Blog » Contemplative Life
Kentucky, US
As Passionist Nuns, our spiritual home is the 'cloister' of Calvary, where we dwell in the shadow of His wings - the outstretched arms of Jesus Christ upon the Cross. The Contemplative Life section is a place where you can read various articles about nun myths that are debunked and some answers to your questions.
passionistnuns.org..
2.1K ⋅2 posts / quarter Get Email Contact More
36. Ed Cyzewski
Murray, Kentucky, US
I'm an author, seminary grad, and freelance editor/writer who blogs about contemplative prayer and restoring your soul. In my blog, I provide book proposal evaluations and book editing for publishers and individuals.
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edcyzewski.com
1.5K⋅ 6.1K⋅ 1.1K ⋅9 posts / year Get Email Contact More
37. The Contemplative Writer Blog
Hickory, North Carolina, US
The Contemplative Writer offers soul care for writers and resources for practicing daily prayer. On this site, you'll find invitations to practice Christian spirituality and prompts or tips for both prayer and writing. The premise of this site is that writers of faith who care for their souls will cultivate a haven that will make their writing more focused, grounded in God's calling, and professionally sustainable.
thecontemplativewr..
275⋅ 4K Get Email Contact More
38. WCCM A Contemplative Path Through The Crisis
UK
Since the crisis hit the world the World Community has been approached by many people asking how we can help. We have consulted widely, reflected deeply, and we feel that A Contemplative Path Through the Crisis is a response that meets many needs in different ways. Meditation will not instantly solve all problems. But it changes how we view and deal with the challenges we face.
acontemplativepath..
110K⋅ 1.3K Get Email Contact More
Contemplation Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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contemplativeinquiry | contemplativeinquiry.blog | 60 | |
Ed Cyzewski | edcyzewski.com | 21 | |
Guy Finley | contemplativelight.com/blog | 11 | |
Reese LeBlanc | contemplativelight.com/blog | 11 | |
Terri Knuth | contemplativelight.com/blog | 11 | |
Clint Sabom | contemplativelight.com/blog | 7 | |
Roger Butts | contemplativelight.com/blog | 7 | |
Rich Lewis | contemplativelight.com/blog | 6 | |
Kimberly Holman | contemplativelight.com/blog | 4 | |
Arthur Aghajanian | contemplativelight.com/blog | 2 | |
Calvin Wulf | contemplativelight.com/blog | 2 | |
Elaine Fourie | contemplativelight.com/blog | 2 | |
Barry Pearman | contemplativelight.com/blog | 1 | |
Chris Cade | contemplativelight.com/blog | 1 | |
Kelly Murphy Mason | contemplativelight.com/blog | 1 | |
Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | contemplativelight.com/blog | 1 |
Contemplation Blog Topics
Topic | Number of posts |
---|---|
Contemplation | 35 |
Spirituality | 32 |
Contemplative Druidry | 30 |
Contemplative Inquiry | 30 |
Spiritual Inquiry | 30 |
Contemplative Spirituality | 27 |
Journal | 19 |
Druidry | 19 |
Earth Spirituality | 17 |
Poetry & Prayers | 11 |
Wheel Of The Year | 10 |
Nature Mysticism | 9 |
Peace | 7 |
Buddhism | 6 |
Gloucester | 6 |
Awareness | 5 |
Presence | 5 |
Meditation & Mindfulness | 5 |
OBOD | 5 |
Stillness | 5 |