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Part 5: A Pastoral Response to Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Who Question or Attack the Good, True and Beautiful, yet Mistakenly Maligned Spiritual Practice of Centering Prayer

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

  Misperception #5: Centering Prayer is “Eastern” Meditation.    Centering Prayer is not Eastern Meditation because it is a method of prayer formulated by several Roman Catholic Trappist Monks using principles drawn from the Catholic and Christian monastic and contemplative prayer tradition through such primary Christian writers as John of The Cross, the unknown author of the [...]

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Part 4: A Pastoral Response to Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Who Question or Attack the Good, True and Beautiful, yet Mistakenly Maligned Spiritual Practice of Centering Prayer

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

by Rev. Peter Traben Haas © 2010 www.ContemplativeChristians.com.  All Rights Reserved. Misperception #4: Centering Prayer is about finding the Divine inside as your inner, true self. I can understand why some might think that Centering Prayer is about finding the Divine “inside.” Sometimes even the best intended teachers generate more confusion than clarity on this subject. [...]

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Part 3: A Pastoral Response to Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Who Question or Attack the Good, True and Beautiful, yet Mistakenly Maligned Spiritual Practice of Centering Prayer

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

  by Rev. Peter Traben Haas    © 2010 www.ContemplativeChristians.com.   All Rights Reserved.          Misperception #3: Centering Prayer is dangerous.     Centering Prayer is not dangerous, but it can be disruptive. Centering Prayer is disruptive to the parts of us that wish to resist God’s love and grace. These parts, psychologically speaking, might be called the [...]

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Daily Prayer Reflection for Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

Almighty God of Life and Love: You know us. We matter to you. You wish to make us beautiful on the inside, simple reflections of your self-giving-love. We consent in silence to this interior renovation. Give us courage to observe our un-loving words, gestures and desires so to become increasingly passive to the personality in [...]

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Daily Prayer Reflection for Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

Abba: You write new stories with old sentences. You transform deep hurts into sources of love. You are the one we seek in all our pursuits. Hold as we weep and whisper strength when everything seems to be falling apart. You are here with us. In this moment, that is enough. Amen. © 2010 www.ContemplativeChristians.com. [...]

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Part 2: A Pastoral Response to Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Who Question or Attack the Good, True and Beautiful, yet Mistakenly Maligned Spiritual Practice of Centering Prayer

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

By Rev. Peter Traben Haas © 2010 www.ContemplativeChristians.com. All Rights Reserved. Misperception #2: Centering Prayer is not biblical. Centering Prayer is as biblical as you want it to be. While the exact words “Centering Prayer” do not appear anywhere in the Hebrew or Christian Scriptures, the motivation and purpose of Centering Prayer do. For example, [...]

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A Pastoral Response to Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Who Question or Attack the Good, True and Beautiful, yet Mistakenly Maligned Spiritual Practice of Centering Prayer

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

August 19, 2010 By Rev. Peter Traben Haas © 2010 www.ContemplativeChristians.com. All Rights Reserved. While the contemplative disposition often prefers silence, sometimes it is useful to speak up. In the next several posts, I will respond to 5 major criticisms and misperceptions about Centering Prayer. I will then articulate 3 invitations to Centering Prayer. I [...]

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Daily Prayer for Thursday, June 17th, 2010:

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

Beloved Source of Security: We wish for total freedom from all forms of destructive fear. In its place, lead us into the freedom of surrender. You hold us while we grow, and in this confidence we release our anxieties about our self and its survival and success, and trust you with our story. We come [...]

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Prayer Sonnet for Friday, June 11th, 2010:

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

God of Prayer: Kiss us, each one, with the passion of your healing love felt in the silence of our inner room. We have been betrayed by the lie that we don’t have enough time. We have denied you for sleep, work, family, friends, sports, leisure, self. Everything belongs, and plays its part, yet healing [...]

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Daily Meditation for Thursday, May 27th, 2010:

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Contemplative Christianity

Matthew 11.15: “Let anyone with ears, listen.” We continue our theme of spiritual listening with Jesus’ enigmatic declaration. In this pithy maxim, Jesus is hinting that we must cultivate a greater capacity for hearing beyond the external ear alone. There is something deeper and fuller to hear – or not. The Christian contemplative tradition has [...]

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