Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry
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- Author：Thomas Keating
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Summary
This book， with its ecumenical group of contributors， celebrates Centering Prayer as a common ground for Christian unity。 It marks the first time that people other than William Meninger， Basil Pennington， and Thomas Keating （the three Trappist monks who distilled Centering Prayer from the Christian contmeplative heritage） have written in depth on Centering Prayer， its benefits and effects in daily life and ministry。 There are pieces by Thomas R。 Ward， Jr。， Gustave Reininger， Thomas Neenan， David Walton Miller， Paul Lawson， Sarah Butler， David Forbes Morgan， Sandra Casey-Martus， and Jim Clark。
Reviews
Richard Burley
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This is solid overall discussion of centering prayer。 It is not so much a how to book as it is a treatise of various topics about the subject。 Very worth while。
Andrew Smith
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This is probably a great book for someone else but for me， eh， not so much。 I was hoping for more definition of lectio divina and the like。 I can't say I've ever had something close to the experience of prayer these authors described and that probably says more about me than it does about them。 It's not a bad book。 Your mileage may vary。 This is probably a great book for someone else but for me， eh， not so much。 I was hoping for more definition of lectio divina and the like。 I can't say I've ever had something close to the experience of prayer these authors described and that probably says more about me than it does about them。 It's not a bad book。 Your mileage may vary。 。。。more
Catherine Casey
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Very good review re: Centering Prayer， as well as a thoughtful good read。
Sher
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This book is a collection of essays about centering prayer written ， primarily， by Episcopalian ministers and other clergy。 Thomas Keating provides an appendix for centering prayer method， and the book begins with his essay on centering prayer。 Pennington writes an essay about lector divina， which is a method of prayer whereby through "hearing the Word" the practitioner " hears God speaking through the inspired Word" （21）。 It was an interesting book to read from the various perspectives。 Audienc This book is a collection of essays about centering prayer written ， primarily， by Episcopalian ministers and other clergy。 Thomas Keating provides an appendix for centering prayer method， and the book begins with his essay on centering prayer。 Pennington writes an essay about lector divina， which is a method of prayer whereby through "hearing the Word" the practitioner " hears God speaking through the inspired Word" （21）。 It was an interesting book to read from the various perspectives。 Audience may be more the ministry than the general reader。 I found the essay on Taize （meditative singing） and centering prayer very interesting from the perspective of young urbanites and what some of them are practicing。 I would recommend the book if you want to hear a variety of voices about Christian contemplative practices。 。。。more
Jessemy
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Read two or three essays and skimmed the rest。
Eugene Pustoshkin
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In overall， it’s a nice collection of essays on the influence of Christian contemplative prayer on various aspects of spiritual life。 It’s good to get some taste of what’s going on with the attempts to revive contemplation and direct apprehension of Spirit as stillness in contemporary Christianity （with contemplative prayer being an ancient practice that arose from within the Christian tradition rather than something borrowed from the Oriental）。
Curtis
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