A photographer reflects on two images of the same scene—one spontaneous, one staged—to explore how imagination works not by control but by receptivity. True seeing, he argues, is about allowing the world and the Spirit to speak, cultivating attention that opens us to truth, beauty, and love.

An analysis of The Little Prince, exploring its themes of childlike wonder, love, ego, and spiritual transformation through humility and imagination.

An interview on Christianity and Chinese identity. Chow reflects on his journey of faith, explores Christianity’s history in China, and examines its diverse, transnational expressions shaped by centuries of cultural and political change.

This article explores how Black Canadian and Taiwanese American spiritual directors bring cultural awareness and deep listening to their practice. It calls for more inclusive, interculturally sensitive spiritual direction training shaped by diverse voices and experiences.

After open-heart surgery, the author discovers firsthand the profound unity of body, mind, and spirit. Recovery brought not just physical weakness but mental fog and spiritual numbness, revealing how trauma reverberates through our whole being, and how God heals us as integrated, fragile souls.

An interview on how art, literature, and metaphor shape spiritual formation. Clarkson explores how engagement with popular and classical works deepens moral imagination, reorients our view of death, and cultivates attention, empathy, and hope.

A luminous reflection on motherhood as a spiritual practice, where care, presence, and tender attention slowly shape a sacramental vision of everyday

A journalist caring for parents with dementia reflects on the deep challenges, mortality fears, and faith struggles this brings. Through Scripture, personal trials, and caregiving, he learns joy is not earned but gifted by Jesus, and often discovered in hardship and surrender.

Singer-songwriter Cheryl Bear explores the intersection of Christian faith and First Nations culture. Is Indigenous spirituality monotheistic? How does it relate to the gospel, and how does Jesus redeem cultural narratives? (This episode of the Regent College Podcast was recorded on Sept. 25, 2020.)

Coleridge reimagined humanity not as machines, but as divine image-bearers with moral freedom, imagination, and mystery. He saw each person as unique, interconnected, and capable of friendship with God, a vision opposing dehumanizing views of his time and affirming sacred personhood.

Psalm 142 reveals “cave spirituality”—a space of lonely, honest lament. David cries out from grief, loss, and fear, yet finds refuge in God. Lament invites raw emotion, silence, and lucidity. Even in deep sorrow, God meets us, and community begins to form again.

The Old Testament wrestles with the paradox of seeing God—depicting Him as near yet veiled, visible yet ungraspable, always beyond human comprehension.

A hermeneutics of hospitality invites diverse voices to the table—reading the Bible with openness, trust, and a life-giving, communal lens.

Lectio divina, often misunderstood as exotic or mystical, is reclaimed here as the historic and prayerful reading of Scripture. Rooted in Christian tradition, it integrates reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation, drawing believers into deeper communion with God through Scripture.