In 2018, Fr. Thomas asked the Centering Prayer community to return to his basic teaching on the Christian Spiritual Journey. One new way to do that is to explore “The Spiritual Journey: Formation in the Christian Contemplative Life” which is now free and online on the Contemplative Outreach website at https://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/spiritual-journey-program/ . The...
Dr. Gray Matthews presented a day-long workshop commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Merton. Mattews wrote that, as a spiritual guide, Merton offers invaluable counsel regarding the significance of contemplative prayer, not just to quell our anxious souls but to invigorate them. The thrust of the day-long...
If you are beginning to have “cabin fever” from staying home, remember the original 31 hours of Spiritual Journey videos by Fr Thomas Keating are available for free on YouTube by searching “Fr Thomas Keating’s spiritual journey” or by the exact title below and Keating’s name. Here is a direct...