Material in Exploring Silence pages of the website is in process of development
Pray with the World Church
Imagine being able to pray with Christians from other parts of the world; to be able to find out about them and their concerns and pray and study the Bible together! This is now possible through the internet .Go to the World Church Prayer site to find out how to join.
Site address: www.hodsons.org/worldchurchprayer
My email: margot@hodsons.org
Unfolds the vision of the Quiet Garden Movement "to initiate and resource a network of local opportunities, mainly in private homes and gardens for prayer, silence, reflection and the appreciation of beauty; for learning about Christian life and spirituality; and for experiencing creativity and healing in the context of God's love.
With a rule of life "Travelling light, dwelling deep" the Order of Contemplative Teachers is an intentional ecumenical network of communicators rooted and grounded in the love of God and inspired by the great tradition of the spiritual life and with an educational outreach dedicated to making more accessible at an experiential level the mystical theology of the Eastern and Western Churches.
****Engage directly with Gerard Hughes through his new inter-active web site www.gerardwhughes.com “ Is God reachable in the 21st Century?” is the overarching theme.
Gerard Hughes writes, “ My hope is that this website, beginning with excerpts from my own books, will soon become interactive, welcoming all who search for meaning in their lives. I do not yet know how it will develop, but I hope and pray it will enable visitors to the website to discover for themselves the wealth that is in them. The website will off simple instruction on ways of praying, offer suggestions for prayer, encouraging all visitors to discover their own way of praying, and exploring questions which arise from peoples’ experience of prayer and its connections with everyday life.
To start the website as an interactive site, you can send an e-mail to me at the following address: gerry@gerardwhughes.com . I will try to respond to as many e-mails as possible, covering the range of questions, issues and comments raised. At some point in the near future, I will post a selection of the emails and my replies on the website.”
www.biblesociety.org
Has a very helpfully reflective section on intercession, praying for the Society and also including broader issues and concerns.
www.centeringprayer.com
Many helpful insights and resources to support a journey using Christian contemplative prayer as well as explanation of lectio divina, a prayerful reading of the bible, as a way into it.
www.jesuit.ie/prayer
Has a short daily meditation in the Ignatian style encouraging computer users to pray in the “sacred space” sitting in front of their computer sceens.
www.sdiworld.org
Has a useful article on Labyrinths for those who are interested in exploring this medieval tool in a post modern context.
www.scriptureunion.org
Has information about a new series of books linked to the closer to God Bible reading notes. The first of these is The lost Art of Christian Meditation by Sheila Pritchard. Her book covers several different approaches and tackles the objection that meditation is either eastern (Christian meditation has aspects in common with prayerways with other world faiths), new age or dangerous.
www.spiritualityatwork.com/philosophy/htm
Aims to look for ways of aligning people’s work with their personal lives.
www.retreats.org.uk
Has many resources for down-loading in pamplet form.. . How to plan a quiet day .. . . . Silent prayer groups... Open door retreats ... Myers Briggs workshops. . . . The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius. . . Choosing a spiritual guide. . and many more.
www.themothersunion.org
A great many helps here. . . . ways in prayer. . . .childrens’ spirituality. . . .the site deserves a leisurely brouse.
