#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Welcoming Prayer
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. While fasting is likely on the minds of those who participate in the season, one practice associated with the season of Lent often goes...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Centering Prayer
We’re one week into the season of Lent. Have you been praying with us? Each week during Lent we’re exploring a different type of contemplative prayer together as a community. It’s called...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Lectio Divina
We’ve been practicing together for two weeks now. Have you noticed a pattern? I’ve structured the sharing of each practice intentionally throughout the #40DAYSTOPRAY course, allowing a slow unfolding,...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Breath Prayer
We’re halfway through our #40DAYSTOPRAY contemplative prayer series and nearly halfway through the season of Lent. How are things going so far? It’s amazing that even though we’re devoting a week to...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Use Prayer Beads
I’ve just returned from Iona where I led 10 pilgrims around the Sacred Isle so often referred to as a “thin place.” As I settle back in at home, I’ve been embracing our recent practice of Breath...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Pray the Examen
As we round the corner into Holy Week, it’s time to look back. So far in the #40DAYSTOPRAY series we’ve explored Welcoming Prayer, Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, Breath Prayer, and praying with...
View Article#40DAYSTOPRAY: Praying the Hours
The time is drawing near; Easter is nearly here. But first, we must eat with Jesus in the Upper Room, pray with him in the garden, follow him to the court of Pontias Pilate, watch as he is crucified,...
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