# spiritual practice (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover spiritual practice. Page: Feed: --- ## [Preparing for Resilience Video Teaching Aid](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/preparing-for-resilience-video-teaching) _2026-08-22 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ The August Spiritual Formation Practice Tool ## [How to Let God Back into the Church](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/how-to-let-god-back-into-the-church) _2026-08-21 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Friday’s Compass | Wanderings | August 21 I write The Compass to help you navigate the interior journey toward a deeper life with Jesus. There are lots of options available to you here: just keep showing up an read, sign up for a free subscription or sign up for a paid subscription to get not only the spiritual growth articles, but also a custom-designed spiritual growth practice each month… ## [A Zen Meditation Manual](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/a-zen-meditation-manual) _2026-08-20 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ Keizan Jokin's Zazen Yojonki ## [Discipleship: What Jesus Said](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/the-unopened-bibles-at-the-bible) _2026-08-20 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ What scripture tells us discipleship is ## [The Church that Forgot to Make Disciples](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/the-church-that-forgot-to-make-disciples) _2026-08-19 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ What happened and the way back ## [Your Turn: Our Unlikely Spiritual Practices](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/your-turn) _2026-08-18 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ A Community Conversation + Giveaway || Part 6 of Unlikely Spiritual Practices ## [The Practices that Do What Admiration Can't](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/the-practices-that-do-what-admiration) _2026-08-18 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ "Are we willing to undergo the transformation necessary to \[become like\] Jesus?" (Dallas Willard) ## [A Song of the Hand](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/a-song-of-the-hand) _2026-08-17 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ Reflecting on life, death, and the koan ## [The Life that Continues to Amaze](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/the-life-that-continues-to-amaze) _2026-08-17 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Monday’s Compass | The Dust of the Rabbi | August 17 For new readers: The Compass is a newsletter on spiritual formation , and “ The Dust of the Rabbi “ is one of its recurring series. In the ancient world, a rabbi’s most devoted students followed so closely behind him that the dust of his walking settled on them. They wore it as a badge of belonging. This Monday series draws attention to Jesus.… ## [Tomorrow’s Soul Care Circle — Canceled](https://larissamarks.substack.com/p/tomorrows-soul-care-circle-canceled) _2026-08-17 · Larissa Marks · Notes From a Spiritual Director_ Hello everyone, ## [Every Channel. One Login. 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Free trial, no IP lock. ## [We Are Not the First](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/we-are-not-the-first-a1f) _2026-08-16 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: 14th century Julian of Norwich as 21st century dinner companion ## [Prayers to Aphrodite: For Clear and Compassionate Communication in Romantic Relationships](https://priestessofaphrodite.com/2026/08/14/prayers-to-aphrodite-for-clear-and-compassionate-communication-in-romantic-relationships/) _2026-08-14 · Priestess of Aphrodite · Priestess of Aphrodite_ O Radiant Aphrodite Tender lover and fierce warrior Goddess of passion and harmony Of self and of others I call to you Please hold me and my partner In your loving compassion And help us to nurture and grow Our romantic relationship With clear communication and trust (Continued...) ## [A Week at The Stillpoint](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/a-week-at-the-stillpoint-44c) _2026-08-14 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: Pushing back against the new, dangerous status symbol ## [A Week at The Stillpoint](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/a-week-at-the-stillpoint-948) _2026-08-13 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: The prophetic power of rest ## [The Unlikely Spiritual Practice of Coming Alive](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/coming-alive) _2026-08-12 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 5 ## [Ep. 54: Coming Alive](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/ep-54) _2026-08-12 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ The Secret Field Notes Podcast with Sarah Bessey || Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 5 ## [A Week at The Stillpoint](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/a-week-at-the-stillpoint-5cc) _2026-08-12 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: Out of the rubble, spiritual practices are the way back ## [August Events for The Temple of Flower and Flame](https://priestessofaphrodite.com/2026/08/11/august-events-for-the-temple-of-flower-and-flame/) _2026-08-11 · Priestess of Aphrodite · Priestess of Aphrodite_ August events for The Temple of Flower and Flame! For more information about our learning community at The Temple of Flower and Flame, and for how to join, check out this page! Hope to see you there! Bright blessings to you on your journey! ## [A Week at Stillpoint](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/a-week-at-stillpoing) _2026-08-11 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality ## [THE FINAL GIFT](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/the-final-gift) _2026-08-10 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ A meditation framed as a sermon ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rZI6gQrOJmXZ) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [A Week at The Stillpoint](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/a-week-at-the-stillpoint) _2026-08-10 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Five Stories for Leaders Running on Fumes ## [We Are Not the First](https://genemaynard.substack.com/p/we-are-not-the-first-f4f) _2026-08-09 · Gene Maynard · The Compass: Navigating the Interior Journey_ Today: Amy Carmichael and her poem, "Hast Thou No Scars" ## [Virtual Gathering on Zoom on 8/17](https://larissamarks.substack.com/p/virtual-gathering-on-zoom-on-817) _2026-08-06 · Larissa Marks · Notes From a Spiritual Director_ Zoom Link + Info ## [The Unlikely Spiritual Practice of Loving Your Body](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/loving-your-body) _2026-08-05 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 4 ## [Ep. 53: Loving Your Body](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/ep-53) _2026-08-05 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Listen now | The Secret Field Notes Podcast with Sarah Bessey || Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 4 ## [The Sins of the Fathers](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/the-sins-of-the-fathers) _2026-08-03 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ How dreams cascade one after another ## [The Brief—Training Wheels](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/the-brieftraining-wheels) _2026-08-02 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ On guided meditations, clinging & devotion and a choreographer that made the ordinary a dance. ## [The Unlikely Spiritual Practice of Wonder & Delight](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/wonder-and-delight) _2026-07-28 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Unlikely Spiritual Practices Series Part 3 ## [Ep. 52: Wonder and Delight](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/ep-52) _2026-07-28 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ The Secret Field Notes Podcast with Sarah Bessey || Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 3 ## [July Full Thunder Moon: Cutting the Cord with Past Emotional Hurts](https://priestessofaphrodite.com/2026/07/28/july-full-thunder-moon-cutting-the-cord-with-past-emotional-hurts/) _2026-07-28 · Priestess of Aphrodite · Priestess of Aphrodite_ This ritual is designed to help you release any energetic ties to something hurtful in your past that you still carry with you even though it is no longer serving you. You will need a piece of string or twine, a pair of scissors, and something to ground you afterwards. I recommend really focusing on creating a safe sacred space before you start this ritual, and having your circle be a strong… ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jJWgNxfxezjC) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [The Spiritual Practice of Ending Well](https://larissamarks.substack.com/p/the-spiritual-practice-of-ending) _2026-07-27 · Larissa Marks · Notes From a Spiritual Director_ the holy work in the in-between spaces ## [And Then There’s Alan Watts](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/and-then-theres-alan-watts) _2026-07-27 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ Reflections on a different kind of troublesome priest ## [The Brief - Nothing Has Happened Yet](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/the-brief-nothing-has-happened-yet) _2026-07-27 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ On sleepless nights, letting go, and lives we wouldn't have dreamt of ## [The Greatest Metamorphosis](https://www.itstimetomeditate.org/the-greatest-metamorphosis/) _2026-07-24 · Aruna · It's Time to Meditate_ The Greatest Metamorphosis “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” Maya Angelou Nothing in life remains the same, change is the only constant. There are seasons in our life when we enter a chrysalis form — this is a sacred stage \[ \] ## [Unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment anyone?](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/unsurpassed-complete-perfect-enlightenment) _2026-07-22 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ The practice of Zen in our time and place ## [We are not trying to become worthy of grace; we are learning to live as though grace is already true](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/unlikely-spiritual-practices-2) _2026-07-21 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 1 ## [Ep. 51: Unlikely Spiritual Practices Part 2](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/ep-51) _2026-07-21 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ Listen now | The Secret Field Notes Podcast with Sarah Bessey ## [Neither Monastic nor Lay](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/neither-monastic-nor-lay) _2026-07-20 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ A meditation on the spiritual life ## [The Brief: Why Are You Practicing?](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/the-brief-why-are-you-practicing) _2026-07-20 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ The questions we ask shape the lives we end up living. ## [The World Responds to Your Vibration](https://www.itstimetomeditate.org/the-world-responds-to-your-vibration/) _2026-07-18 · Aruna · It's Time to Meditate_ The World Responds to Your Vibration At every moment the world is responding to us. Whatever kind of energy we are emitting will echo back to us and fill our reality with more of the same. If we want to change our reality, then we need to work from the level of thought. The most \[ \] ## [The Right Time Never Comes](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/the-right-time-never-comes) _2026-07-16 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ Why waiting for life to calm down is one of the easiest ways to miss it ## [🎉 Announcing our new series: Unlikely Spiritual Practices](https://sarahbessey.substack.com/p/unlikely-spiritual-practices-1) _2026-07-13 · Sarah Bessey · Sarah Bessey's Field Notes_ This one is for the Quiet Time Drop-Outs ## [Heaven & Hell](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/heaven-and-hell) _2026-07-13 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ Zen Buddhism and Christian mysticism in Conversation ## [When Your Strength Becomes Your Hiding Place](https://lindsaysterchi.substack.com/p/when-your-strength-becomes-your-hiding) _2026-07-09 · Lindsay Sterchi · Simple Spiritual Practices_ How music became my identity, and learning to receive love beyond performance ## [Maybe You Need Therapy](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/maybe-you-need-therapy) _2026-07-09 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ Why we sometimes use spiritual practice to avoid being human. ## [Christian mystical practices](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/christian-mystical-practices) _2026-07-06 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ A consideration of the Jesus Prayer and the Rosary ## [Why You Should Live An Ethical Life.](https://gentlenoise.substack.com/p/why-you-should-live-an-ethical-life) _2026-07-05 · Manoj Dias · gentle—noise™_ Confessions of a struggling meditator ## [Letting Go](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/letting-go) _2026-07-05 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ Following the sacred thread, drawn on by the sacred thread ## [Truth and Tolerance](https://www.itstimetomeditate.org/truth-and-tolerance/) _2026-07-02 · Aruna · It's Time to Meditate_ Truth and Tolerance Truth is like a seed. A seed contains the complete blueprint of what it can become, but potential alone is not enough. It needs to remain in the soil long enough to take root. It needs to tolerate the soil and the climate. Without it, the seed never has the chance to \[ \] ## [Sacred and Secular](https://jamesiford.substack.com/p/sacred-and-secular) _2026-06-29 · James Ford · Unanswered Question_ A meditation on using a spiritual practice for another purpose