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Reconsidering Prayer (part 4)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin

Today, as we continue our lesson rethinking prayer, we come to the mindset necessary for this “seeking-Truth” way of praying.

Self-discipline is necessary to this new way, but that term falls on hard times for many Christians. We’ve tried and tried to be disciplined with our prayer practices, but they returned so little to our souls.

This lesson talks about applying discipline in such a way that it returns an elevated understanding of Truth, awakens us to the Divine Presence that is always in and around us, and answers to the yearning to see the Divine in our daily lives.
Abhishiktananda, a French Benedictine monk who lived in India, said it this way…
Truly there is nothing in the created universe, in all time and space, which does not manifest God and reveal his glory to mankind. In creating us God made us us able to recognize his manifestation in the world and in events, so that we might respond to it in love. Continue reading →

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Reconsidering Prayer (part 3)

Posted on July 11, 2010 by admin

As we’re rethinking prayer as opening ourselves to truth and freedom, we turn now to some of the foundations of the practice.  We are easily distracted by small truths and by lesser concerns, to the point that we suffocate out the big thoughts, the life-making thoughts that transform us into Divine likeness.

So we begin look at the prayers of the desert fathers and mothers, and the prayers of the ancient Celts. Continue reading →

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Reconsidering Prayer (part 2)

Posted on June 27, 2010 by admin

We think of prayer as asking God to do something.
That’s not the kind of prayer we’re going to be discussing. We’re talking about prayer in light of Jesus’ teaching that “we will know the Truth, and the Truth will set us free.”
It creates a very different perspective. Continue reading →

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Reconsidering Prayer (part 1)

Posted on June 20, 2010 by admin

I thought about titling this message “Don’t Waste Your Time Praying” (since I just did a lesson titled “Don’t Waste Your Time Going To Church”), but that’s not exactly what this lesson is about.

When our images of God change as we progress on the spiritual journey, our ways of praying have to morph as well. I’ve noted that for many Christians, as this metamorphosis happens in their souls, they simply stop praying. I’m hoping that this lesson will restore to us, lives of prayer that are relevant, useful, and helpful. Continue reading →

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