editor | author | spiritual director
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2008
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“90% of Whatever You’re Worried About Is Not Important: Worry isn't caring — let it go to show up for what matters”
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"iOS, watchOS and macOS have had a fix for unwelcome disruptions since 2021. And almost no one I encounter knows about it." - Using iOS Focus Modes to Protect Your Contemplative Space philfoxrose.substack.com/p/u…
“The examen is a tool to help you be more mindful. It’s remarkable how easily we can forget the emotionally charged things that happen in a day. But if we haven’t resolved a thing, we aren’t really forgetting it.” My latest on Substack: philfoxrose.substack.com/p/n… the
The Seductive Myth That Doing Everything Right Means You Won’t Fall philfoxrose.substack.com/p/t…
"If success is defined as perfection, we all fail all the time, since perfection for humans is impossible." The Seductive Myth That Doing Everything Right Means You Won’t Fall — The toxic side of “it works if you work it” philfoxrose.substack.com/p/t…
"I don’t actually feel drained after the right kind of social interaction. At the end of a spiritual direction session going deep with a client, I feel enlivened. Same is true if I’m at a social event and end up in an intense one-on-one conversation. What drains me, actually, are small talk and unregulated group talk: shallow socializing that’s all about reading social cues, trying to think of things to say, and competing to talk with more socially aggressive speakers." From my latest, Skin in the Game, on Substack: philfoxrose.substack.com/p/s…
The latest in my series on Substack about transcendent music, on Thomas Tallis’s “Spem in alium”: open.substack.com/pub/philfo…
“It’s no exaggeration to say that from the time I encountered the Serenity Prayer in my twenties, it helped form my spiritual journey and orient it towards a contemplative posture toward life.”
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Hi friends and followers, please consider subscribing to my Substack. philfoxrose.substack.com It’s where I’m focusing my writing and the main way I’m developing my ideas around contemplative practice and a contemplative posture toward life. My intention is that it will lead to a book at some point, but as is said, a Substack is like a book that never ends. I like that idea — an ever-developing text with multiple feedback loops with my readers and friends. That’s always been true of blogs to an extent, but Substack makes it super-easy and is a much richer environment in which to do it. I’m really trying to do something useful with this. Join me!
Meeting the Divine in Nature — A reflection for Earth Day on birdwatching, deep ecology and panentheism, with a Merton quote
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My latest Substack post, a quick overview of how and why to do the centering prayer meditation method. open.substack.com/pub/philfo…
Hail got 10x heavier and twice as big a few minutes ago before subsiding. Note thunder at beginning. I missed the flash. Hail in Seattle - Madison Valley @KSeattleWeather
Transcendent music — The beginnings of a contemplative resource. I'm sharing music that transports me. open.substack.com/pub/philfo…
