Download or read book Christ Centered Meditation Handbook for Spiritual Practice written by Pam Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the reader with insights and tools to enrich his/her spiritual practice through "passive" meditative techniques, which involves stilling the conscious mind, and "active" meditative techniques, using guided visualizations and interaction with others. These are derived from Christian contemplative and Eastern meditation traditions. Unique to this handbook are exercises for couples and families. Included is a thirty-day plan of contemplation on Christ.
Download or read book A Guide to Christian Meditation written by John Bartunek and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a brief historical introduction to Christian meditation, Father John Bartunek, LC provides both an elegant and memorable method for meditation along with very helpful examples of specifically how to put this method into practice. He manages to do this while keeping our sights on Christ, not the method. This emphasis helps the reader to avoid common and unfortunately popular errors that overemphasize the means and deemphasize the all-important end - a deeper relationship with Christ himself. Taken from The Better Part with a new section on the History of Meditation.
Download or read book One Breath at a Time written by J. Dana Trent and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In secular mainstream America, meditation has become as ubiquitous as yoga. But how does meditation fit into Christianity, and how does it differ from prayer? One Breath at a Time: A Skeptic's Guide to Christian Meditation reframes meditation for those who are skeptical because (1) they doubt their ability to be still and quiet and (2) they doubt the validity of meditation as a Christian spiritual practice. Using scripture, theology, and examples from the early church, this book challenges the prayer habits of Christians that leave little room for enough silence to experience and listen for God. Using five approaches—breath meditation, lectio divina, centering meditation, loving-kindness meditation, and devotional meditation—One Breath at a Time provides a practical, 40-day guide to beginning and sustaining a Christian meditation practice in an often chaotic world.
Download or read book A Beginner s Guide To Christian Meditation written by Taylor Remington and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Beginner's Guide to Christian Meditation takes the reader on a journey, and explores various techniques and spiritual exercises centered around the Christian tradition. Containing both guided practices and scriptural foundations, this book provides understanding for the methodological processes involved with meditational practice. Such processes and practices are life-changing for both the beginner and the advanced practicioner. Take a transformative dive into the heart of the Divine and explore the life of the Spirit that lies deep within.
Download or read book Word into Silence written by John Main and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the practice of Christian meditation, this book offers a twelve step programme in learning meditative prayer.
Download or read book How to Meditate with Jesus written by Tonyah Dee and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we become our best selves and live peaceful lives if we don’t know who we are? Self-awareness is the beginning of wisdom. Christ-centered meditation and prayer is self-discovery and an awakening of the light of Christ in our hearts. How to Meditate With Jesus is an inspirational workbook that teaches readers how to understand and befriend their souls, surrender, and connect with a higher power. Tonyah Dee, shares eight steps, practical tools, and reflection questions that encourage personal transformation to attain a calmer, more peaceful existence fueled by an experience of inner power. Through these eight higher powers—the daily meditation practice, the body, the breath, the word, the spirit, the heart, the soul, and prayer—readers will learn how to become empowered to overcome challenges, find forward movement, authenticity, and spiritual awakening. The mission of this book is to attain and establish higher power living. “The author’s blend of biblical understanding with her unique interpretation of functional meditation is unlike anything I’ve seen on the subject. Seeing meditation through Tonyah’s personal lens helped me view my practice in a new light. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to start a meditation practice or advance their current practice to a higher level.” — Delphine Channels, Founder of ThinkCoach “How to Meditate with Jesus brings the teachings we all value—love, peace, joy—into a living reality we can all experience through a beautiful daily practice. Tonyah shares all she has learned from her journey of pain, recovery, and healing to find the light, weaving it into a gift that will benefit all who use it. — G. Khalsa, Emotions Coach and Author
Download or read book Meditation A Practical Guide to a Spiritual Discipline written by Thomas McCormick and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÒMeditation transforms our perceptions of the world, the events of our lives, our own existence. -- Edmund P. Clowney Should Christians meditate? If so, how? In other generations the answers to these questions would have been taken for granted. Yet because of the influx of various Eastern religions with forms of meditation not based on biblical principles, Christians have shied away from this time-honored tradition. These forty daily studies are meant to assist you in searching out what the Scriptures say about meditation. You will not only learn about meditation; you will also learn how to meditate. These are meditations on meditation.
Download or read book A Guide to Christian Meditation written by John Bartunek and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily meditation keeps your faith lively, supple, and relevant. It irrigates the soil of your soul, making your life more fruitful and continually opening up new vistas along the path to spiritual maturity.Let God change you from the inside out. St. Alphonsus Liguori, one of the Church's all-time great prayer masters, believed that sin could not survive in the soul of a person who practiced mental prayer. "He will either give up meditation," wrote Alphonsus, "or renounce sin." And a strong aversion to committing offenses against God is just the beginning of the benefits that flow from even modest dedication to Christian meditation. Join Father John Bartunek on an exhilarating, how-to journey into this time-tested method whose ultimate aim is intimacy with God - the Author not only of life but also of the life of the mind. You'll find types of prayer, fundamentals of Christian meditation, a 4-step structure for meditation, how to overcome difficulties in prayer, and more!
Download or read book Spiritual Disciplines Handbook written by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adele Calhoun's Spiritual Disciplines Handbook has become a standard for those who want to expand their knowledge of spiritual practices. Now this beloved resource has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author, giving us practical guidance in our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ.
Download or read book Prayer of Heart and Body written by Thomas Ryan and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical "how-to" guide for persons who want to learn how to meditate or practice yoga in a way that is consistent with their Christian faith.
Download or read book The Mystic Path of Meditation written by David Cole and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Christian theology that underpins meditation-and discover the practical spiritual benefits of this ancient practice. "Meditation is one of the great treasures of our Christian contemplative tradition, though largely forgotten by modern churches. In this delightful book, David Cole gently invites readers to rediscover this ancient path to deeper relationship with God. David writes with a spirit of ease and joy as he guides us through meditation with scripture, our breath, our bodies, and the natural world. This insightful and accessible book is a welcome addition to the contemplative renewal of our time." -Mark Kutolowski, OblSB, Salva Terra peace pilgrim and founder of New Creation Wilderness Programs
Download or read book The Way of Unknowing written by John Main OSB and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Main understood that the remedy for the malaise that affects individuals and nations alike was the love of Christ. He taught that when we build our lives on the rock-like foundation of this love, we become rooted in the ultimate reality, and the winds and storms of life, and even death itself, no longer have power over us. In the short chapters of this book, he shows how we can find the way to this foundation and root ourselves in the eternal love that nothing can destroy. The way is simplicity itself, but it is also a way of dispossession. Daily meditation brings us to the place where our lives become wholly immersed in the Spirit of God, but it requires that we come empty handed and prepared to walk the way of unknowing.
Download or read book Being Mindful Being Christian written by Joanna Collicutt and published by Monarch Books. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is mindfulness? And should we as Christians be mindful? Mindfulness programmes are increasingly being used for issues as wide-ranging as depression, pain, employee engagement, and character development, and many Christians are wondering what to make of all this. In this book, experienced psychologists explain what is meant by "being mindful", help readers to view mindfulness more broadly than the context of Buddhism in which it is often framed, and profile the rich Christian tradition of mindful-like practice. By bringing a Christ-centred approach to mindful awareness, the authors demonstrate how to apply this practice to discipleship and spiritual growth. Readers are equipped to decide the extent to which they wish to learn and practice mindfulness, to approach it without fear, and to draw on the good within it to develop their relationship with Jesus.
Download or read book The Practice of the Presence of God written by Brother Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern reprinting of the Christian Spiritual classic book by Brother Lawrence, with a guide for Christian Meditation by Tim Langdell
Download or read book Meditation and Communion with God written by John Jefferson Davis and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Jefferson Davis summons the resources of traditional biblical meditation for a culture lost in the cloud. He establishes the trinitarian view of God's real presence in Scripture and then ushers readers through three successive stages of meditation--consummating in a method for deep assimilation of the Christian worldview.
Download or read book Right Here Right Now written by Amy G. Oden and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians have always practiced mindfulness. Yet, from the popular landscape of mindfulness movement, you’d never know that. Where is the Christian voice in this fast-growing movement? Many Christians practice mindfulness outside of church and believe it does not belong to our faith tradition. This book reveals the Christian roots of mindfulness and the actual practices that, when reclaimed, deepen the life of faith and the power of our mission of love in the world. When we understand how radical it is to live in God’s presence right here, right now, our lives are transformed toward mercy, justice and abundant life. Amy Oden shows how the practice of Christian mindfulness begins with the teachings of Jesus and continues throughout Christian history. It also includes step-by-step instructions for the practice of Christian mindfulness today. Pastors and leaders will find this book useful on the ground as they curate current culture and guide Christians in spiritual practices. " ... this is the best introduction to Christian mindfulness I have read." —Shaun Lambert, Senior Minister of Stanmore Baptist Church, United Kingdom “Amy Oden knows the history of Christian spirituality as well as anyone, and she helps us see what might seem surprising to many—that mindfulness has deep roots in the Christian tradition. The wisdom she shares in this clear, winsome book has already deepened my own life of prayer. I know this book will bear fruit in classrooms and congregations as readers heed its call to stop and pay prayerful attention to what God is doing, right here, right now.” —L. Roger Owens, Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality and Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA “Oden deftly lifts up a clear template for what lies at the core of all spiritual practice: mindfulness—a simple awareness within ordinary life of divine presence, here and now. Unlike many generic practices of mindfulness now popular in business, education, and the fitness industry, Oden underscores that Christian mindfulness is not an end in itself but an awareness that turns us toward God. Amy’s words become a litany of invitation into the posture of open-hearted presence to the Presence, right here, right now.” (from the foreword) —Marjorie J. Thompson, author of Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, former Director of Pathways in Congregational Spirituality with Upper Room Ministries, and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church (USA)
Download or read book Yoga for Christians written by Susan Bordenkircher and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a full-length, instructional workout DVD, "Yoga for Christians" helps readers cultivate a deep prayer life while becoming more fit and trim.
