If you have moved beyond the idea of prayer as some sort of cosmic slot machine – where you put in a request and hope that a combination of piety, good will and divine mood will line up and discharge a favourable response – then what do you expect happens when you pray – particularlyContinue reading “What happens when we pray for others?”
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Pray-as-you-go . . . daily prayer for your MP3 player
This is one of the most helpful on-line aids I have found for maintaining a daily discipline of prayer. The roughly 10 minute dailies are based on the Ignatian spiritual exercises. It is “prayer with muscle.” Pray-as-you-go . . . daily prayer for your MP3 player.
Hearing the Lord’s Prayer anew.
Formal recitation of the Lord’s Prayer is under scrutiny as its place is considered in parliaments of this land. Secularists would abandon it, traditionalists want to retain it, and some of us think the boat is being missed altogether – for to really pray the prayer as Jesus intended would be too explosive for governmentsContinue reading “Hearing the Lord’s Prayer anew.”
Labyrinth – a pathway to encounter with God.
A bit slack today – installed new church PA system and laid down a labyrinth in the church forecourt. What is a labyrinth? For many it conjures images of the Minotaur of ancient Crete – half man and half bull, consuming young Greek captives left to wander in a maze of dark undergoround tunnels. WhileContinue reading “Labyrinth – a pathway to encounter with God.”
The Enneagram – my take
I’ve just linked to Dave’s Enneagram Blog. Since the early 1980s I have been fascinated with the enneagram system, used primarily for identifying and exploring personality styles in both secular and Christian spiritual direction circles. There are many instruments out there for identifying temperament behaviour in vocational, management and therapeutic settings, some better known than others. The danger of all such instruments isContinue reading “The Enneagram – my take”
Wondering Pilgrim 