Many years ago, I went on a three day silent retreat at Loyola House in Guelph, Ontario. I had never done anything like this before. A good Calvinist in the Christian Reformed tradition, I had no idea who St. Ignatius of Loyola was and had never met a Jesuit.  

But I had read Thomas Merton's Seven Storey Mountain and decided to give silence a try. On this retreat, I read, walked, cried a lot, and shared meals with silent nuns and a robed Franciscan who silently bummed cigarettes from me after meals. Though I didn't talk to anyone for three days, my mind was full of chatter that largely involved the question, "Am I doing this right?"

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Since then, my spiritual practices have included singing, writing, reading sacred text, praying, doodling. I still ask, "Am I doing this right?"

The point of spiritual practice is not the WHAT - though some practices work better for some than others. The point is that we have ways to develop a cosmic perspective, to grow our souls, to tap into our hearts, to connect to beauty, mystery and wonder.

Many religious traditions have particular spiritual practices: Buddhists meditate, Benedictines use lectio divina, Hindus chant, Sufis dance.

What do Unitarian Universalists do?

I think sometimes that Unitarian Universalism is too "reasonable" for spiritual practice. Consequently, if