Contemplative Interbeing

Interbeing points to a spiritual life that is not withdrawn from the world, but deeply in touch with reality and life as it is. It teaches that we are not separate from one another, from the Earth, or from the suffering and healing of the world. To practice interbeing is to touch life deeply and let that awareness become compassion in action in the present moment.

Did you know Taylor's music has made its way into a book of spiritual reflections? Not in a preachy way at all. A spiritual director and research psychologist was so struck by what he witnessed at the Eras Tour, concertgoers crying, strangers bonding in parking lots, people describing something that felt bigger than a concert, that he started asking why. He ended up writing The Sermons of a Showgirl. Has anyone else felt like her music did something to you that's hard to explain?

The Sermons of a Showgirl What happens when the longings stirred by popular music turn out to be the same longings the world's wisdom traditions have always addressed? begins there — in that recognition — and follows it inward. Twelve contemplative sermons, each drawing from the wisdom and depth dimensions of and b...