Amy Secrist 1/27/20 Amy Secrist 1/27/20

Intentions for a New Year (Part 2): 4 Encouragements to Keep Your Light Shining

In Part 2 of this series, Amy acknowledges that life is surprising and challenging. Here she offers ways to take action, stay motivated, access creativity, and overcome hardship.

Amy Secrist 1/20/20 Amy Secrist 1/20/20

Intentions for a New Year (Part 1): Discovering Your Sankalpa Meditation

Amy’s writings and guided meditation explore a wildly different approach to setting intentions in the new year - one that doesn’t start with classic self-improvement but rather begins from a place of wholeness.

Joanne Spence 1/9/20 Joanne Spence 1/9/20

The Labyrinth and Yoga

For Joanne, a slow, chilly journey through a labyrinth brings together top-down (cognitive) and bottom-up (body-based) approaches to her inner spiritual life.

Amy Secrist 12/18/19 Amy Secrist 12/18/19

An Advent Practice for Manifesting the Trinity: Prayer & Power

Manifesting the Trinity requires us to be open to God’s plan and purpose for our lives, and sometimes that’s really hard to figure out.

Amy Secrist 12/16/19 Amy Secrist 12/16/19

Practices For Advent: Waking Up & Lighting Your Way

How can we experiment with waking up and finding our light?

Kelly McLellan, CPY Writing Community 12/12/19 Kelly McLellan, CPY Writing Community 12/12/19

Advent: A Practice of Watchfulness

The season of Advent ask us to prepare for the coming of Christ. Yoga teaches us the art of watchfulness, inviting us to get still, listen, watch, pay attention, observe, notice, and recognize the present coming of Christ in us and around us. A brief guided meditation is included.

Renee Aukeman Prymus 12/5/19 Renee Aukeman Prymus 12/5/19

Exploring Holy Tension: A Meditation

I’m always amazed at how much I try to hold poses with my face. A clenched jaw, furrowed brow, tight neck muscles that raise my shoulders. I do not need to hold a lunge with my jaw! I am learning that even in a pose of tension, I can relax.

Molly Metzger, CPY Writing Community 11/25/19 Molly Metzger, CPY Writing Community 11/25/19

A Thanksgiving Prayer for Healing

Our highly charged political climate leaves little room for compromise or understanding, even amongst family members. We believe contemplative practices can contribute to healing our divides.

Doreen Corwith Eckert 11/4/19 Doreen Corwith Eckert 11/4/19

Breathe in me Breath of God - A Practice

Doreen explores the relationship between breath, spirit and wellness with a 10 minute meditation practice.

Molly Metzger, CPY Writing Community 10/17/19 Molly Metzger, CPY Writing Community 10/17/19

A Not Too “Ultra Spiritual” Guide to Meditation

If I say, “I meditate,” I feel like I’m one step closer to a caricature of the ultra spiritual. If I mention yoga, it’s more likely to lead to “Oh, I just mastered crow!” then “What are your thoughts on the nature of God?” Here’s how I pray. How about you?

Fr. Tom Ryan 5/29/18 Fr. Tom Ryan 5/29/18

A Brief Teaching: Christian Contemplation

Learn the essential teachings to get started with your meditation practice, and find resources to support your daily discipline.

Fr. Tom Ryan 2/7/18 Fr. Tom Ryan 2/7/18

What is Christian Meditation?

Rather than seeking to know about God through words, thoughts, and images, the meditator is seeking to experience God directly with the awareness of loving faith and God's indwelling presence.