Have you ever sat in silence and come away refreshed? Learning to savor silence is a discipline. One has to develop a taste for it. For most, it doesn't come easy. Try this experiment - set a timer for 3 minutes, sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes and sit...
My journey in contemplative prayer started years ago when "breath prayer" helped me stay alive through a horrible health crisis in a remote area where I was alone and without help. I didn't know it was "breath prayer" at the time - it was just the most natural thing...
A friend wrote me about my book recently. "Your words, like your doodles, are intricate and full of twists and turns, looking this way and that, inside and out, up and down, through and through..." she said. That reminded me of a cold, grey day in Germany. I was...
The Hebrew word selah appears 70+ times in the Hebrew Bible. Three times in the book of Habakkuk, the rest of the time in the Psalms. The meaning of this word is uncertain - it may be a musical or liturgical term. Some believe that selah is a conjunction that links...
Lectio Divina (Latin for “divine reading”) is a simple but powerful method of praying with Scripture that engages with four disciplines - reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. The practice of Lectio Divina was first established in the 6th century by Saint...
Why do we bow our heads or kneel when we pray? Why do we reach upwards with our arms or bring our palms together? Or reach out with both hands and open up our hands in a receiving gesture? Does body posture really matter? Hand gestures and body posture communicate in...
As the second anniversary of my Dad's home-going comes around, I find myself thinking a lot about death – dying, dealing with death, grief, mourning, etc. The well known Kübler-Ross model of grief identifies five stages of the grieving process: denial, anger,...
Here are some ramblings from my journey... Still exploring, still learning, still seeking deeper understanding, still growing... Within the context of a loving relationship, conversation is the thing that keeps us connected, interacting, engaged, growing... If prayer...
watering what is already there... Here are some ramblings from my journey... Still exploring, still learning, still seeking deeper understanding, still growing... Within the context of a loving relationship, conversation is the thing that keeps us connected,...
Here are some ramblings from my journey... Still exploring, still learning, still seeking deeper understanding, still growing... Within the context of a loving relationship, conversation is the thing that keeps us connected, interacting, engaged, growing... If prayer...
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