Our April Half-Day Retreat will feature three recorded excerpts from the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton’s presentation on contemplation and nonviolence given during COMW’s 25th Anniversary Retreat in September 2022. […]
Six-Day Centering Prayer Retreat: Intensive & Post-Intensive
The retreat will provide an opportunity to deepen one’s practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. All participants observe silence from the opening to […]
Christian Mystical Poetry and the Contemplative Path – via Zoom
Led by the Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor If silence is the first language of God, as Thomas Keating writes, mystical poetry is a language by which we mortals may […]
Introduction to Centering Prayer
“Be still and know that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10 Centering Prayer is a receptive, deep method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of the […]
The Being You Are is the Being I AM
We all have stories about who we are based on our history, relationships, the roles we play in life, our personality, race, gender and identity at large. This is who […]
Deeper Mind, Deeper Heart
This half day online retreat will explore the similarities and differences between the Buddhist practice of Insight Meditation and the Christian practice of Centering Prayer. The unifying theme will be […]
Falling Asleep during Centering Prayer
Q: I am having a problem falling asleep during Centering Prayer. It may be attributable to age, but I am almost always dozing off, even in the mornings after […]
How Zen Contemplation Relates to Centering Prayer
Q: I’ve been practicing Zen meditation with a Christian group for 18 years. What is your view with respect to how Zen contemplation relates to Centering Prayer? The principles […]
EASTER 2023 6 DAY (5 NIGHT) SILENT CENTERING PRAYER RETREAT
Continue your Easter journey by deepening your Centering Prayer practice in an atmosphere of silence and community, away from the busyness of daily life, and allow your mind, body and […]
Wisdom School: Wisdom Rhythms & Conscious Relationships
In any moment, regardless of how significant or insignificant it may seem, we can offer ourselves as instruments, vessels, means by which worlds beyond can enter into this world, which […]
Abide in the Mercy
The Mercy Center Centering Prayer Program presents: Abide in the Mercy: A Silent Wisdom** and Centering Prayer Retreat “As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Abide […]
Toward Emptiness: A Post-Intensive 8-Day Centering Prayer Retreat
This post-intensive retreat will consist of continuous periods of Centering Prayer from before sunrise until the dinner hour, with breaks for meals. Attendees may participate in as much prayer as […]