On 8.12.18, Deirdre JVR helped our community make space to grieve.
On 7.15.18, Kristen Leigh Kludt shared her story and how difficult times help us to know the love of God more deeply.
On 6.10.18, Darrel Washington taught us about serving those struggling with poverty.
On 6.3.18, we heard from people in the Practice community who have been responding to invitations to join God's kingdom work around the world.
On 5.20.18, Father Michael guided us through a contemplation of God's love.
On 5.6.18, Jason Feffer encouraged us to bring our whole selves (heads, hearts, and bodies) into relationship with Jesus.
On 4.22.18, Jonathan Martin shared the invitation of the risen Christ to live an embodied faith, to taste and see.
On 4.8.18, Sibyl Towner guided us in a contemplation on the risen Christ and the joy we find when Jesus meet us in our point of need.
On 3.11.18, Kellye Fabian guided us in the truth that Jesus' passion was the greatest act of compassion the world has ever known.
On 2.25.27, Ashlee Eiland guided us into the agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Last night, Father Michael led us in a contemplation to help us prepare for the season of Lent. We imagined ourselves at the foot of the cross and asked:
How is God inviting you to deepen your practice of prayer during Lent?
What might God be inviting you to fast from to experience greater freedom in Christ?
How is God inviting you to express solidarity with the poor and suffering face of Christ in the world?
On 2.11.18, Father Michael led us into the third movement of the Spiritual Exercises and prepared us for the season of Lent.
This is the final contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
This is the ninth contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(Jesus in the Storm by Gustave Dore)
On 1.28.18, Frederica Mathewes-Green introduced our community to the Eastern Orthodox practice, the Rite of Forgiveness.
This is the eighth contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt)
On 1.22.18, Gail Donahue led us through an exploration of the hospitality of Christ. Hospitality is essential because it is the heartbeat of God.
This is the seventh contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
This is the sixth contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(The final words to consider were written by Tim Keller, and the concluding prayer is from Return To Our Senses: Reimagining How We Pray by Christine Sine.)
On 1.7.18, Ashlee Eiland shared how we might move away from experiencing God's will as a formula to solve and build a foundation based on the example of Christ.
This is the fifth contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(artwork by Daniel Bonnell)
This is the fourth contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
This is the third contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(The Mural “Adoration of the Magi” was painted by a group of Benedictine monks from Conception Abbey.)
On 12.10.17, Jason Feffer reflected on the scandalous mystery of the incarnation.
This is the second contemplation in a series of imaginative prayer resources written by and recorded for The Practice community.
Imaginative prayer is way of meeting with the Lord by using our imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using our imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene helps to bring our whole selves into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.
(painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot)