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A Blessing for the Journey of Seeking God
When your soul whispers of its deepest longings,
May you quiet yourself to listen.
May you follow the path of yearning to the One alone who blends the uneven edges
Into a life of meaning.
May you meet and be united with God
And give thanks for the whispers
That led you there.
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To honor this season of Lent we are inviting you to slow down and go deeper.
Q: I've been doing Centering Prayer faithfully for over 20 years. In the first 10-15 years I was hungry for information and read just about every book on spirituality and Christian meditation I could get my hands on. I went to retreats, intensive retreats, mini-retreats, Fr. Keating presentations and anything else that would "feed" me. I was in a "taking" mode. Now I rarely read, haven't been to a retreat in 5-10 years, etc. Why? Because it feels like it's my time to "live out" (bumble along) with all that I've learned. To give back somehow. What do you think? Am I just fooling myself? Too lazy? Too arrogant? Should I be hitting those books? Signing up for retreats?
When it was time to exhibit the wood block prints that came out of her residency at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan, Julie Shelton Snyder wanted to create not only a gallery show, but also an event that would acknowledge the relationship between the contemplative nature of her work and her 14 years of Centering Prayer practice.
