#imaginative prayer

[stevhep]

Flourishing Imagination, Sound Theology

This piece is about Imaginative Contemplation, sometimes known as Visualisation Meditation or, if you are a Catholic, Ignatian Prayer (of wh

This piece is about Imaginative Contemplation, sometimes known as Visualisation Meditation or, if you are a Catholic, Ignatian Prayer (of which more later). Normally I am a hardcore contemplation kind of person. That is, I wait upon God using nothing but the bare word or silence. However, if you are going to commit to devoting a significant part of your day, every day, for the whole of the rest of your life, to prayer then it will help you to have a wide repertoire for your Smörgåsbord. (Also, having a willingness to boldly mix your metaphors isn’t strictly necessary but I find that it helps)....

[digitalpreacher]

Now when I pray, I create moments in my mind. I push my attention towards a person or situation. I spend a lot of my prayer time simply sitting with God, thinking and listening while we exchange pictures of what we'd like to see happen. Co-creating.

Nathan Foster The Making of An Ordinary Saint Audiobook: Ch 9, 3:18

[kimkmartinez]

When stress has you in over your head

When stress has you in over your head

When your world is crashing, and your stress level is to the room, it is tempting to think that if a few things would just change, then we could really trust God.

The thing is that we are complex people. When our emotions are engaged, or traumatized from the past, our natural response is to try to escape from the stress instead of face it. Escapism feels good in the moment, but doesn’t actually…

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