When I was ordained in 1965 I had no idea what spiritual formation meant or how to experience God, which is another way of saying I didn‚Äôt know how to […]
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Discovering Centering Prayer in New Mexico
It is Autumn. As I make the daily drive North from Rio Rancho to Santa Fe I am aware that Brother Sun rises later and later. No matter how many […]
Centering Toward Love: A Pastor’s Journey to Centering Prayer
In college, I happened to work the early morning shift at the Crowell Hall Reception Desk at Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. After I sorted the morning papers, I […]
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The Wind
fierce wind blowingwidely splittinghigh white blue skyever opening enter all into the circlesit upon the tiles of treesgather quietsilence round uscalmly breathinghoping peace fierce wind blowingrushing wildlydown snow mountainsblasting free […]
Relationship Isn’t Easy
I often wonder about my Centering Prayer practice even though I have been doing it for over 15 years. There are times when all seems well and then many times […]
Out of My Mind, Into My Heart
On my flight from Chicago to Denver, my talkative seatmates clearly thought I was out of my mind: ‚ÄúYou‚Äôre not going to Snowmass to ski but to pray? For ten […]
The Classical Monastic Practice of Lectio Divina
Saturday, October 4, 2008Explanation of Lectio Divina The classical practice of Lectio Divina–the prayerful reading of the Bible, the book Christians believe to be divinely inspired–is being rediscovered and renewed […]
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Resting in God’s Presence
Centering Prayer as taught by Contemplative Outreach is a fairly nuanced practice. You can’t always rely on what people say about the instruction they received. I have found that even […]
Centering Prayer
New Testament Scriptural and Theological Inspirations Contemplative Prayer is not a technique, although it makes use of methods as starting points to awaken spiritual attentiveness. Contemplative Prayer is a gift […]
How to Find the “Right” Spiritual Director?
Q: I am in the process of trying to find a spiritual director. I am wondering is it usually a good idea to have a director who is more […]
How to Deal with Thoughts in Daily Life
Q: “Someone who practices Centering Prayer in the morning, has to have a prayer to prevent his mind from being bombarded by thoughts during the rest of the day. […]
