A recent addition to my daily time in prayer has been a sort of conversational prayer with God arising from my reflection on Scripture and my life. After slowing down with a portion of Scripture, I often write out some of my own thoughts as a form of prayer in my journal. Then, I slow …
Attentiveness – A Poem
to listen and to apprehendby slowly unfolding withinthe present moment to unshackle from busyness –the devil’s hold upon this age –by simply being with our eyes unshuttered and earsunstopped in explosive, divine,ordinary time to hear so clear what goes unheardto see indeed what goes unseenlike life is here now now our eyes see saturationsand ears …
Your Pulse and Your Breath as Pathways to Prayer
Put two fingers on your neckand feel your pulse—the current of blood coursing lifefrom your heart throughout your body.You did not think to your heart, "Beat!",or to your blood, "Move!",and yet here you are:alive, upright, and living.Quiet yourself amidstthe din of the worldand listen to your beating heart.In every beat, God whispers,"I love you! I …
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A Prayer for Stillness (with a word from Thomas à Kempis)
Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know,to love what I ought to love,to praise what delights Thee most,to value what is precious in Thy sight,to hate what is offensive to Thee.Do not suffer me to judge according to the sight of my eyes,nor to pass sentence according to the hearing of …
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A Prayer to Know God in Stillness
"Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." (Deuteronomy 34:10) "Inner silence is absence of any sort of inward stirring or emotion or thought, but it is complete alertness, openness to God." - Anthony Bloom Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,have mercy on me, a sinner.In …
Matthew Erickson 