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How to live contemplatively within family obligations

I feel called to a more contemplative lifestyle but have a mortgage and kids in school, and I can't figure out how to honor this spiritual pull within my current responsibilities.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The tension between mystical calling and worldly duty requires creative integration rather than either-or choices.

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“Where Are You with Christian mysticism — the contemplative tradition?”

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