How to Find the Right Contemplative Community
A reader named Brian writes:
Being a Lay Cistercian seems to be an important part of your journey. I’m wondering if becoming an oblate is a next step for me?
My spiritual director and I have discussed this off and on for over a year now. While I have an established contemplative practice (e.g., Daily Office, Lectio Divina, Examen, Centering Prayer), he an…



