God speaks to Elijah in a soft and gentle whisper. It is in the whisper we, like Elijah, listen to hear the eternal voice always present. We listen best to that voice when we quiet the noise and chatter in our heads. The Lord is ever passing by us, but we often move in the opposite…
Contemplation is seeing the world through God’s eyes with spiritual awareness. It is the eternal dimension of life. Jesus portrayed it as living life in the fullness of the Kingdom of God. God is the one who is behind the mystery of all that is seen and unseen. The resurrected Christ encourages us to focus on…
The essence of a relationship with Christ is to experience the presence and awareness of God in our lives. It’s important to realize there is no right or wrong way to meditate or pray. The practice of Christian meditation and prayer are personal ways of learning how to encounter and grow in intimacy with God….
You’re so busy with schedules to keep and deadlines to meet. You measure time and the quality of your life in the number of years you have left down to the very second of your existence. What is your hurry? Whether you realize it or not, time is your most precious possession. You tell someone…
There is one consistent truth in prayer and meditating on my word. There is a constant battle for your mind. Even though you seek me with your whole heart, your thoughts are going to wander off from keeping your attention on me. I encourage you to understand when your thoughts stray away; it happens to everyone….
I am the desire of the ages. Yet, once setting foot on the moon, humanity continues to explore, reaching to unlock an ever-eluding purpose for life in the distant stars. St. Augustine, a mere mortal, understood why humankind would never discover meaning and rest for his soul in the world. His words written down in…
Contemplative prayer is the practice of gazing upon the nature of the infinite Christ. It is centering our thoughts and focusing our absolute being upon the awareness of God in our life. Alone with God in the silence, our hearts praise and seek the face of the one who makes the invisible visible. It is in…
I am a human judging machine in need of a cure. My mind is a dualistic processor of information. It is a binary operating system with either/or thinking as the default position. As a result, I can identify the character flaws of everyone but cannot recognize my own. My mind evaluates and makes quick judgments…
Contemplative prayer is the conscious awareness of living in communion with God. Somewhere the church lost the understanding that the purpose of prayer is to grow in intimacy with the Creator of the universe. Prayer is more than saying, reading, and reciting supplications to God even though they are all good. In the most authentic…
I am the eternal light of the world. My glory lights the darkness into the outer limits of the universe. I am the resurrected Christ, the divine presence behind everything that your eyes can see. There is nothing that exists I did not create, for I am everywhere you look. Unless you can see me…
I want you to recall the probing words I spoke to Job, where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Everything that has existed since the beginning of time is a witness and testimony of my glory. You are never alone, for I am always with you. The shining stars lit at night and…
In Mindful Christianity, we learn how to pay attention to what we are thinking to settle and quiet the mind down. In seeking God, we desire to experience a sense of calmness and the peace and presence of Christ in our hearts. We recognize our thoughts are self-talk, consisting of images, fantasies, memories, and plans…