Q: I’ve been reading the books and practicing Centering Prayer on and off for about three years. Going from yoga to meditation, and now being called back to the […]
Re-Entering Community through Silence: Centering Prayer Retreat with Mary Dwyer
Presenter: Mary Dwyer Come away to Bethany Retreat Center for a deeper experience of Centering Prayer in community. We will have extended prayer times (3 to 4 hours per day) […]
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Opening to Our Pre-Existing Union with God
Presenter: Keith Kristich So many of us grow up with the message that God is the great, old Guy-in-the-Sky. This God loves the world, but is ultimately separate from it […]
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Contemplative Spirituality in a Contemporary Time
Presenter – Susan Komis What is contemplation? In addition to exploring three stages critical to our spiritual journey relative to prayer and faith in ordinary life, this extended weekend retreat […]
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Half-Day Online Retreat Series: “Invitation from God”
Centering Prayer: Revisiting the Fundamentals Half-day retreats to deepen awareness of God’s transforming presence in our lives. “Invitation from God” An interview with Thomas Keating—the third in this COMW retreat […]
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Let It All Go and BE
Q: Occasionally, I feel when I am in Centering Prayer that God is setting up a barrier, and that beyond that barrier is fire and that I would be burned if […]
Centering Prayer and Tinnitus
Q: I was meditating/doing Centering Prayer for many years. However, about three years ago I got pretty sick. A result of that illness is now severe tinnitus or ringing […]
The Sacred Word in Centering Prayer
Q: I have found it difficult to use just one word as I meditate. A simple 3-word phrase – that resonates strongly with me – is most comfortable for me. […]
On the Method of Centering Prayer
Q: I am an Episcopalian practicing Christian meditation, and find myself agonizing about technique, being somewhere between Father Keating and John Main. As I am disabled, I meditate lying […]
My Journey with Centering Prayer
“Slow down, you move too fast.” These are lyrics that I grew up on. I really did not fully understand what they meant until about five years ago when I […]
