Ruminate: A Contemplative Magazine Chewing on the Mysteries of Life

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Stories, poetry, and art teach us to slow down, to listen, and to pay attention, awakening our hearts to ourselves and one another. Every quarter, a new issue of Ruminate is delivered to your mailbox, helping you nourish and reaffirm your creative and spiritual intentions.

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Heart-awakening art helps us live more fully awake to our selves and our world.

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Wonderful writing, images, and soul. I feel as comfortable in the pages of this journal as in my own heart.

— Colby B.

The poems in Ruminate nourish me personally and creatively. They are brimming with spirit and unvarnished beauty.

— John S.

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The Waking

To Remember A Stranger

by Charnell Peters July 13, 2020

The more people I have met, the closer I have been to suffering. Many times, this makes me want to not meet more people, and, in fact, un-meet people, like a girl in a video I resent having seen or a boy in a gas station at which I didn’t have to stop.

Writer's Habits: The Importance of Non-Writing Writing

by Sophfronia Scott July 10, 2020

...if you saw me by the side of the road, perhaps taking a photo with my phone of some wild grapes, you wouldn’t think I’m writing, but I am—more non-writing writing.

For the good of those who love him

by Guest Contributor July 09, 2020

Saul’s father sits down next to him, lights Saul’s candle and pats his leg. He’s always more affectionate in church, like he’s forgotten his normal behaviors. Distracted by the possibility of God, he remembers Saul.