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Presence, Prayer , and Writing From the Heart
All of us have many stories to tell. Some involve your family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature, or a life-changing situation. Stories can take many forms, but the most compelling are the ones written from the heart, those that move us and sometimes transform both the writer and reader. Writing from the heart demands
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9-Day Intensive and Post-Intensive Retreat – Spaces still available
We still have a few spaces available (10/28/2023). This retreat offers three tracks simultaneously: Intensive I, Intensive II and Post Intensive. For everyone, there will be three sets of two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer daily. Intensive I and Intensive II will watch video talks from Fr. Thomas Keating’s Spiritual Journey. Intensive I focuses
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Universe Story Shapes Spirituality – via Zoom
Universe Story Shapes Spirituality – via Zoom
Today the on-going development of scientific understandings of the origins of the universe are deeply shaping spirituality. The Universe, or New Story moves us, among other things, from a fall-redemption spirituality to a creation-centered, evolutionary one; from an adolescent spirituality to an adult one. In this session we will explore the implications of this evolution,
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Centering Prayer 7-Day Advent Retreat
Centering Prayer 7-Day Advent Retreat This in-person Centering Prayer Retreat is offered by The Church of Conscious Harmony at Cedarbrake Renewal Center in Belton, Texas. This intensive 7-day retreat will will have periods of Centering Prayer, daily opportunities for prayerful movement/yoga, and each evening we will hold a Vespers Lux Divina service with Lectio Divina
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Blessings in Darkness Haven Visio Divina Online Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
Blessings in Darkness Haven Visio Divina Online Half-Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat (1st Saturday of every month)
 Advent is the focus for this Online Half Day Centering Prayer/Welcoming Prayer mini-retreat via Hawaiʻi (1st Saturday of every month) @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am UTC-10 FREE First Saturdays online retreats are a special time where we explore our Centering Prayer practice. We are looking forward to sharing Physio-Divina (Moving) practices, Visio-Divina (Visual-Art) practices,
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The Spiritual Journey via the Enneagram
The Enneagram is an ancient holistic system that identifies nine personality types. It helps us learn what our strengths are as well as where we go when under stress. The Enneagram helps us understand and have compassion for ourselves and others. It is a powerful tool for Transformation. This retreat will: ✓ Introduce the Nine
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Advent Centering Prayer Retreat
This weekend retreat will focus on how Centering Prayer can heighten one’s understanding and appreciation for the season of Advent. Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation where one lets go of thoughts during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that forms the heart of
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Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer: The End of All that is not Christ – via Zoom
Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer: The End of All that is not Christ – via Zoom
Virtual Silent Saturday with Sr. Carol Ann Spencer The End of All that is not Christ December 9 8:30-2:30pm Eastern Standard Time Contemplative Outreach of Columbus is offering a Silent Saturday. A Silent Saturday provides a few hours that are set aside for Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, spiritual teaching and reflection. "Come rest awhile with
Finding Fullness Through Simplicity
Finding Fullness Through Simplicity
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Mark Kutolowski This day is an opportunity to rediscover simplicity of life as a path to finding fullness and contentment in God. Drawing from his long experience living in an off-grid intentional community, Mark will invite us into an audit of three fundamental areas of human life: our relationships with time
Advent Silent Saturday
Advent Silent Saturday
As we enter the season of Advent, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. The day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or silent meditation. The day provides time for communal Centering Prayer, a contemplative walk, private journaling and reflection, and ends with a period
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Lectio Divina and the Four Senses of Scripture
This Praying Holy Scripture retreat offers Centering Prayer periods plus presentations based upon Fr. Thomas Keating’s teachings on the deepening levels of faith: the Four Senses of Scripture – literal, allegorical, behavioral/moral, and unitive senses. The presentations teach a contemplative way of listening to and reading Scripture known as the ancient monastic practice of Lectio
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Holy Breath: Centering Prayer & Ecstasy – online
Centering Prayer and meditation are age-old techniques to put us in touch with what Jesus called ruha in Aramaic, the holy breath, a living and animating field that gives birth to psyche, to seed, storm and stellar nebulae. But what if there were an entire terrain of spiritual perception, a fluid and liminal continuum mapped
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Advent One-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Advent One-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
Metanoia Journey is pleased to offer our first-ever one-day Centering Prayer Retreat. Centering Prayer is a foundational contemplative practice of our community. One's participation in one-day, as well as multi-day Centering Prayer retreats, helps to deepen one's spiritual practice. The day's agenda as follows: Welcome/Greeting Centering Prayer Periods of silence and solitude Lunch (in community
Practices for Contemplative Living: Advent Day of Prayer with Fr. Carl Arico
Practices for Contemplative Living: Advent Day of Prayer with Fr. Carl Arico
Join a group of centering prayer practitioners to support each other on the contemplative path. Modeled after what was formerly known as the 9-month course, the program will be based on Julie Saad’s book, "Contemplative Life: Discovering Our Path to the Heart of God". All are welcome. We meet the 3rd Saturday of each month
Half-Day Advent Centering Prayer In-person and Virtual Retreat
Half-Day Advent Centering Prayer In-person and Virtual Retreat
Half-Day Advent Centering Prayer Sat, Dec 16th 9:00 - !2:00pm CST – This half-day Centering Prayer retreat is offered by the Church of Conscious Harmony. All are welcome and encouraged to join in a half-day retreat immersed in the Advent season. The retreat will be held in the Sanctuary and available online. Donations are gratefully
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Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What, & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What, & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore: • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Exploring the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore: • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical
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Back to Basics: Explore the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Back to Basics: Explore the Why, What & How of Centering Prayer – via Zoom
Free Contemplative Prayer Workshop Join to return to the sacred basic tenants of Centering Prayer. "Silence is God's first language. All others are just poor translations." — Thomas Keating We'll explore • Opening to God and peace within • Silence as the universal language of God • How to practice Centering Prayer meditation • Mystical