Ubuntu and Contemplation: How an Indigenous African Philosophy Maps Our Spiritual Path to Global Community via Zoom
Internet - Onlinewith Michael Battle https://michaelbattle.com/about/ Emerging from the ancient cultural traditions of sub-Saharan Africa, the deeply communitarian philosophy known as Ubuntu challenges Western habits of mind in ways that complement and complete the experience of contemplation. In Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices, we find a path that opens us up to oneness – both union
Online Morning Centering Prayer Retreat program: “Ancient Christian Contemplation – Before ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’ “
Internet - OnlineLed by Steve Thompson (CONOVA) Have Christians always practiced contemplation? During the first 150 years of Christianity, most of those who can be loosely identified as Christian contemplatives were ignored as harmless. By 220 CE, however, contemplatives were generally considered heretics, and they were frequently persecuted and sometimes put to death by their fellow Christians—usually
Spring Silent Saturday
Holy Spirit Retreat Center 4316 Lanai Road, EncinoIn this season of new life and promise, it is good to take a quiet Spring morning for 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 prayers, a contemplative walk, private journaling, reflection, and an opportunity
