Soon I’ll retire for the day and receive the gift of sleep. I’m writing from the Katoski room at the Shalom Retreat Center in Dubuque, Iowa where I’m leading a […]
What a Difference a Word Makes
“Consent” or “surrender-accept.” “Consent to God’s presence and action within.” Sometimes I hear something so often that I cease to actually hear what it says. Consent, surrender, and accept have […]
Contemplative Outreach South Africa: On Our Regional Retreat and the Passing of Nelson Mandela
On the 5th December 2013, seven of us met at Sediba mountain centre for our annual three-day retreat. Sediba (the source) is set in the Magaliesberg Mountains, overlooking Hartebeespoort dam. […]
The Difference Between Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, and Meditation
Q: Please advise on the different between Centering Prayer, contemplative prayer and meditation. A: There are many levels of relation with God that can be manifested by the way we […]
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Centering Prayer and Speaking in Tongues
Q: Please help me understand how Centering Prayer and the charismatic or Pentecostal belief in speaking in tongues as a sign on baptism in the Spirit are related? Can they […]
The Witness to “Is”
There is just this witness to observe both inside and outside the body-mind. There is this detachment and I am not identified with either. It feels like my mind […]
What Happens When
What happens whenhe ground on which one standsBecomes a mighty chasmAnd earth a distant land? What happens whenThe new found earthIs not outside but inAnd deafened ears and frigid heartAre […]
False Self and Personality
Q: I read the other day about a study of the prophets in the Old Testament, where one of the conclusions was that in their contact with God, they never […]
Holy Manure
[This homily was delivered on March 2, 2013, at the Sunday Eucharist concluding a 4-day Silent Retreat on Contemplative Living with Mary Dwyer in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.] O God, you […]
Snorkeling in God
I am grateful to have been practicing centering prayer for several years now. While in Hawaii with my family last summer, I would practice centering prayer on a hammock then […]
