What is Sacred Today?

Sacred Today provides spiritual meditation and contemplative practices rooted in historic Christian spirituality for those seeking a space beyond the traditional church building where they can notice God in their life, discern how God may be inviting them to respond, and deepen their capacity to accompany others in doing the same.

The Beginning

“Two years ago I took a photograph of a stone arch at a monastery in Catalonia whose name means God's Stairway. I did not know it would become the logo of spiritual formation practice that did not yet exist.” - Dr. Eric Boyd, Founder

Sacred Today emerged from a growing conviction that God is already present and actively seeking a deeper relationship with us in the ordinary moments we walk through each day in our spiritual journey.

Through contemplative practices of noticing and discerning, we learn to recognize and understand how ordinary moments become sacred by helping us understand our present relationship with God and how we are being invited to deepen that relationship.

Sacred Today welcomes the ordinary experiences of every part of life. Whether your experience comes from parenting, marriage, work, leadership, friendship, caregiving, study, or recreation, we believe God can use those moments to awaken awareness of your relationship with him and invite you to deepen it.

What Makes Sacred Today Different?

.FOCUSED ON THE EVERYDAY

We encounter God’s invitations in the ordinary experiences of everyday life.

FOCUSED ON FORMATION

We create space for formation rather than filling every space with answers.

GROUNDED IN RESPONDING

We learn to notice, discern, and respond to God’s invitations in everyday life.

GROUNDED IN ACCOMPANIMENT

We develop our capacity to accompany others as they discern and respond to God’s invitations.

Dr. Eric Boyd

Meet the Founder

Dr. Boyd is a spiritual director, award-winning professor, certified leadership coach, and successful nonprofit leader with a deep commitment to discerning God’s invitations to deeper relationship and accompanying others as they do the same.

Drawing on his experience in spiritual direction, higher education, leadership development, and coaching, he created Sacred Today to provide space for formation rooted in the conviction that God is already present and inviting us into deeper relationship through the ordinary experiences of everyday life.

Sacred Today grew from Dr. Boyd’s own spiritual journey and formal study in spiritual direction, which deepened his desire to help people notice the sacred in everyday life and develop the capacity to accompany others in doing the same.

“My deepest hope is that that this practice becomes a way to be closer to the God that is already here in you, for you and with you.” Dr. Eric Boyd, Sacred Today Founder

What Shapes Sacred Today spirituality?

  • Faith that God is already lovingly present in the moments of our everyday lifes.

  • Believe that ordinary moments reveal invitations to strengthen our relationship with God.

  • Reliance on prayer to help us respond in ways that move us closer to God.

  • commitment to continue seeking God’s invitations.