For all the people who suffer from chronic pain and/or chronic illness, it is a beast. Sometimes pain and other symptoms can make me just want to curl up […]
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A Science Project or a Poem?
A person is not a science project to be examined, analyzed or dissected. A person cannot be known with the clarity and exactness of a lab experiment. A person […]
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40th Anniversary Conference Reflections
The 40th Anniversary conference was a time of telling stories, stories of how Father Thomas touched our lives, maybe from one of his books, or a video or maybe […]
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The Integrity of the Teaching of the Centering Prayer Method
The integrity of the teaching of the Centering Prayer method is presented in the four guidelines and its conceptual background as described in the Method of Centering Prayer brochure. Additional […]
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Faith and Science Conference
By Jan Masterson, Contemplative Network Director Communications Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. (COL) and Contemplative Network, Inc. (CN) share a history. In 1986, COL established Houston as one of its first chapters. […]
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A Journey of Many Parts
by Elaine Walker, Ireland I have walked 11 different Camino routes in Spain since 2012. It is a path I am compelled to do, although I often don’t always enjoy […]
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Remain in My Love
by Brad Huard Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA It was late summer when we sold our house and moved into an apartment. After 22 years in the same home, I found […]
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The Treasure of Hiddenness
by Mary Jane Yates, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and […]
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Teaching Children Centering Prayer
by Jan Reed Austin, Texas USA At University United Methodist Church in Austin, for the last nine years, I have been teaching Centering Prayer at Vacation Church Camp for children, […]
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Centering Prayer and Sacred Circle Dance
by Suzi Kindervatter Centering Prayer has been my core spiritual practice for a more than twenty years. But over the past decade or so, I’ve also been drawn a […]
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Opening to the Heartbreak of the World: An Experiment in Expanding Practice
by Mary Jane Yates, Alberta, Canada I have heard from those who knew him that Fr. Thomas was fond of using the word “experiment” when it came to discerning […]
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Introductory Day to Centering Prayer in the Capuchin Friars Monastery in Bratislava on United in Prayer Saturday 2024
by Teresie Viera Hašanová, CO Czechia-Slovakia I think there was no better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Contemplative Outreach community and honour Fr. Thomas Keating´s birthday (March 7) […]
An Insight
by Martina Weber Echzell, Germany Six years ago I read a lot about the Welcoming Prayer and tried to integrate it into my then beginning Centering Prayer practice. It […]
Logging
by Bob Brown Thousand Oaks, California, USA For the past 73 years, I’ve been a participant in the human condition, both as recipient and contributor. In 1997, a woman […]
Message from the Board Team
by the Contemplative Outreach Board As members of the Contemplative Outreach Board, we are volunteers who offer our time and service in an effort to support and advocate for […]
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A Prayer Shawl: March 8-9, 2024
by Susan Kenney Sacramento, California, USA It is a prayer shawl, created in 23 hours. Each hour new threads are added. Each of different color and texture. Each with its […]
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My Experience with the Practice of Utmost Charity
When I saw the notice for the course “Utmost Charity: A Call to Deeper Love,” although I had many previous commitments on my calendar, I was immediately drawn to […]
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Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Centering Prayer in Poland
offered by Tomek Jelinski At the end of September, Contemplative Outreach celebrated 10 years of its presence in Poland. To mark the occasion, a weekend meeting of members and supporters […]
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A Message for the New Year
from the Governing Board of Contemplative Outreach It is a new year – a time for celebration, for looking back at the highs and lows of the previous year, […]
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Making Centering Prayer Available to Everyone
The practice of Centering Prayer deepens our awareness of the Oneness of all creation and our compassion for the whole human family. – Theological Principle #12 At a recent […]
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Prompted to Incarnate
by Carolyn Goddard Nashville, Tennesee, USA The first time I entered St. Bernard’s Convent, it was through the back door. I was teaching at St. Bernard’s High School; the […]
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Thomas Keating’s Call to Wisdom
“ May the next years see the increase of Centering Prayer, and the creative addition of other Wisdom aspects that might enhance what we are doing, or at least […]
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Centering Prayer and The Chipped Cup
Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you felt emotional darkness, unsure if you would ever see light again? A single phone call from my distraught […]
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The Facilitator, the Judge and the Three-Year Old
by Cissy Eyre Milford, Ohio “I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them.” ~Dr. Seuss I’m sitting snug on the couch early […]
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The Agnesian Creed
by Tom Agness New York, USA My thanks to Richard Rohr, one of my hero theologians, who has suggested we all develop our own personal creed. This is mine. […]
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