“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 […]
Discovering Centering Prayer in New Mexico
It is Autumn. As I make the daily drive North from Rio Rancho to Santa Fe I am aware that Brother Sun rises later and later. No matter how many […]
Reflections on the Beginnings of Centering Prayer
‚ÄúIn the silence we are guided by the spirit.‚ÄùThomas Keating As I sit and think about my life‚Äôs journey, I am keenly aware of God‚Äôs presence and action and how […]
The Wind
fierce wind blowingwidely splittinghigh white blue skyever opening enter all into the circlesit upon the tiles of treesgather quietsilence round uscalmly breathinghoping peace fierce wind blowingrushing wildlydown snow mountainsblasting free […]
Relationship Isn’t Easy
I often wonder about my Centering Prayer practice even though I have been doing it for over 15 years. There are times when all seems well and then many times […]
A Poem
The reptile’s top priorities are few Full tummy, sunny rock, and babies new Its consciousness is narrow as its tail Survival pure and simple will prevail Our human brain includes […]
Out of My Mind, Into My Heart
On my flight from Chicago to Denver, my talkative seatmates clearly thought I was out of my mind: ‚ÄúYou‚Äôre not going to Snowmass to ski but to pray? For ten […]
Thomas Keating Archive to be Housed at Emory University
On September 22, 2010, Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. and Emory University signed an agreement to house the works of Fr. Thomas Keating at the Pitts Theological Library of Emory University in […]
Centering Prayer
New Testament Scriptural and Theological Inspirations Contemplative Prayer is not a technique, although it makes use of methods as starting points to awaken spiritual attentiveness. Contemplative Prayer is a gift […]
Resting in God’s Presence
Centering Prayer as taught by Contemplative Outreach is a fairly nuanced practice. You can’t always rely on what people say about the instruction they received. I have found that even […]
The Classical Monastic Practice of Lectio Divina
Saturday, October 4, 2008Explanation of Lectio Divina The classical practice of Lectio Divina–the prayerful reading of the Bible, the book Christians believe to be divinely inspired–is being rediscovered and renewed […]
Protestant Barriers to Contemplative Prayer
I am an ordained Protestant minister who has benefited greatly from contemplative prayer. I speak from experience with a way of being open to contemplative prayer called Centering Prayer. I […]
