Our speakers discuss prayer and how it relates to a contemplative practice.
Mar 06, 2020 | Categories: contemplation, Video | Tags: contemplation, faith, God, holy, mystical experience, mysticism, prayer, religion, spiritual | 2 Comments »
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the Rev. Mark Stanger
Aug 25, 2018 | Categories: Holy Land, People, Shrines, Video | Tags: faith, God, holy, holy land, journey, pilgrimage, spiritual, spiritual awakening, transformation | Leave A Comment »
Fr. Joe shares his humanity—his courage and his faith, as he tells us about the gift he is able to find in his battle with cancer.
Jul 20, 2014 | Categories: General, Meditations, People, Task Garden, Video | Tags: Beauty, cancer, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe, fr joe scerbo, holy, journey, spiritual, suffering, transformation | 3 Comments »
Fr Joe talks about how the beauty he finds in the world can be a source of healing and hope.
Jul 14, 2014 | Categories: General, People, Video | Tags: Beauty, Beauty; good true beautiful; aesthetics, enlightenment, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, holy, religion, spiritual, suffering, Task Garden, transformation | 4 Comments »
Experiencing beauty calls us further into itself, and it leads us deeper into love and gratitude and a sense of meaning in our lives; we need to reclaim it.
Nov 19, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, Elizabeth Vernon, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, gratitude, Gregory Wolfe, holy, journey, Konstantin Ziatev, love, Mark Whitney, meaning. heal the spirit, order, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, purpose, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, spiritual journey, transformation, Tyrell Collins | 1 Comment »
Beauty is related to our capacity to perceive it through our senses; we can find it wherever we are, if we pay attention.
Nov 15, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, General, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, burning bush, concrete place, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, Elizabeth Vernon, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, five senses, fr joe scerbo, Gregory Wolfe, holy, jacob, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, place, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, sense of place, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, transformation, Tyrell Collins | 3 Comments »
Beauty can often be disturbing and challenging.
Nov 11, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, brokenness, calming, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, divine, Elizabeth Vernon, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, Gregory Wolfe, guerninca, heaking, healing, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, pain, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, transformation, Tyrell Collins | 1 Comment »
Beauty is not always pretty; perfection can be superficial. We need look more deeply to find true beauty.
Nov 07, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, Elizabeth Vernon, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, Gregory Wolfe, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, perfect, perfection, pretty, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, transformation, Tyrell Collins, wabi wabi | 1 Comment »
Beauty can be disturbing, and it is not always associated with morality. But the way we live —our life itself— can become a path to beauty.
Nov 03, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, General, Video | Tags: aesthetic, aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, darkness, degas, Elizabeth Vernon, evil, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, good, goodness, Gregory Wolfe, hitler, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, love, Mark Whitney, moral, moral living, morality, mother teresa, nero, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, perfection, pretty, purpose, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, stalin, transformation, Tyrell Collins, wabi wabi | Leave A Comment »
This segment of Beauty – Exploring the Mystery studies the way beauty can awaken us and enrich our lives.
Oct 31, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, General, People, Video | Tags: activates, aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, Elizabeth Vernon, engages, enlightenment, essence, existence, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, Gregory Wolfe, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, meaning, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, pleasure, religion, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, symmetry, transformation, true selves, Tyrell Collins, unity | 2 Comments »
This segment of Beauty-Exploring the Mystery looks at the way pleasure is related to our experience of beauty. It also explores the idea of beauty and transcendence.
Oct 18, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, degas, Elizabeth Vernon, evel, faith, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, good, Gregory Wolfe, hitler, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, moral, moral living, nero, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, stalin, transformation, Tyrell Collins | 4 Comments »
An exploration into the way beauty affects us. The third segment in the Beauty series.
Oct 15, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Beauty, Bobbie Altman, creativity, Dan Vaillancourt, dana gioia, divine, dream, ectasty, Elizabeth Vernon, existence, Father Joe Scerbo, fr joe scerbo, Gregory Wolfe, holy, Konstantin Ziatev, Mark Whitney, Paul Fromberg, Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Roberta Ahmanson, Ron Johnson, sacred, Sister Mary Beth Ingham, spiritual, transcendent, transformation. emotional, Tyrell Collins | 1 Comment »
Arthur Nobile, Jr. talks about the pipe organ, the arts, and creativity in general, as he interprets his thoughts musically.
Aug 12, 2013 | Categories: Beauty, General, People, Video | Tags: aesthetics, Arthur Nobile, Beauty, church, faith, holy, organ, religion, sacred, spiritual | 7 Comments »
Nancy talks about icon painting and about what inspires her work.
Oct 05, 2012 | Categories: Beauty, General, Icons, People, Video | Tags: artistic inspiration, Beauty, Etheopean Icons, faith, holy, Icons, Russian Icons, sacred, spiritual, tapestry | 5 Comments »
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego and her image appeared on his tilma (cloak). This image is on display at Our Lady’s’s basillica in Mexico City. The Virgin of Guadalupe is loved by all of Mexico. This video was filmed on our pilgrimage to Mexico City to honor Her birthday on December 12. […]
Aug 29, 2011 | Categories: Mexico, Sacred Places, Shrines, Video | Tags: bascillica. mexico city, faith, guadalupe, holy, our lady, pilgrimage, religion, sacred, shrine. virgin, spiritual | 1 Comment »
On our recent trip to Assisi we met Caris Arkin, a gifted musician who was singing at the fountain outside St. Clare’s Basilica. We talked with him about his music and his faith, and how the model of St. Francis has influenced his life.
May 28, 2010 | Categories: Italy, Sacred Places, Video | Tags: Assisi, Caris Arkin, franciscian, holy, sacred, spiritual, St Clare's Basilica, St Francis | 2 Comments »
In Athens we spoke with a devout member of the Greek Orthodox Church, who shared her feelings about her faith with us.
Apr 09, 2010 | Categories: Greece, Sacred Places, Video | Tags: athens, christian, church, faith, Greek, holy, Orthodox, spiritual | 2 Comments »
This Poet talks about his spiritual and mystical experiences at Delphi, Greece. When he was 18 years old he wrote the poem he shares with us on this video, accompanied by beautiful footage of the ruins at Delphi.
Mar 25, 2010 | Categories: Greece, Sacred Places, Video | Tags: Delphi, Greece, holy, mystical, oracle, poet, spiritual | 1 Comment »
This is the largest and most important mosque in all of Egypt. It is located on the harbor of Alexandria and is a stopping point for pilgrims on their way to Mecca.
Feb 16, 2010 | Categories: Egypt, Sacred Places, Video | Tags: Alexandria, egypt, holy, Islam, mosque, Muslim, religion, spiritual | 2 Comments »