Contemplation
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Good Shepherd's Contemplative Practices
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Centering Prayer
During the season of Advent, we will host daily sits in the worship space:
Monday│ 5pm
Tuesday | 12pm
Wednesday | 3pm
Thursday│ 12pm
Friday | 12pm
The Monday session will start with a short teaching on silent prayer, then we will do a sit together.
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Reading the Mystics
During the Advent Season, we will be reading and discussing 4 different Mystics:
Dec. 8 | Julian of Norwich
Dec. 15 | Teresa of Avila
Dec. 22 | Meister Eckhart & Etty Hillesum
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Click the button below to view the schedule and to find the Zoom link!
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The Mystics Reading group meets on Monday evenings at 5:30pm.
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“The mystic is not somebody who says, “Look what I’ve experienced. Look what I’ve achieved.” The mystic is the one who says, “Look what love has done to me.” . . . There’s nothing left, but the being of love itself giving itself away as . . . the concreteness of who you simply are.”
-James Finley
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Rector's Bible Study
Rector’s Applied Bible Study meets twice a week: Wednesday morning at 7:30am and Sunday morning at 9:15am. During this time we dive into the bible stories and look for ways that we can use what we find in our own real-life stories. Why “Applied”? Our aim is to Apply the fruits of our study to our actual, everyday lives.
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On Wednesdays, we are reading passages from the old testament in addition to the Birth Narrative of Jesus. Click the button below for more information.
“Contemplation is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent and infinitely abundant Source.”
-From ‘New Seeds of Contemplation’ by Thomas Merton
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