Faith formation and sacred conversations are the focus on the faith journey through spiritual direction, retreats, books, and other resources.
All in Prayer
An invitation to a year-end pause blessing the year past and welcoming the year to come..
The rhythm of the swing can be a lot like the inward and outward movement of the contemplative life. But there is a vulnerability in swinging and in the contemplative life, of trusting the momentum to move forward or backward, from centered self, out into the world.
The contemplative life has an ebb and flow rhythm taking us inward to know God and outward to express God. How has contemplation lead you to action? How has action lead you into contemplation?
Guided Meditation #5: Key to My Heart… We rarely show hospitality to our own souls, yet entering the heart space where God waits to welcome us is the key to this prayer of imagination. Welcome in.
Guided Meditation #4…Studio of the Soul… If you imagine yourself as a work of art formed by the Divine Master, what artform would you take?
How would you describe the center point of listening? How do you define listening?
A thank you gift for creating a virtual community of care.
A list of six books recommended for developing a life of prayer and meditation.
Meditating on art, images, nature, all that the eye can see is a doorway and into the love language of God. Visio divina is sacred seeing as we contemplate color, texture, tones, motion, and learn to see God.
Engaging the imagination in the spiritual life I believe is how God intended for us to use this amazing brain function. After all “faith” is about believing what we cannot see. And “hope” plants a longing in something we have not yet received.
