Not exact matches
The
ancient practice of liturgy has helped us see how God is remaking us into a people who can become the answer to the
prayers the Spirit is praying through us.
Mindfulness has a rich history in the Christian tradition through the
ancient practice of contemplative
prayer, which dates back to the Desert Fathers and Mothers during the fourth and fifth centuries.
Bondi shares what she has learned about the
practice of prayer from her study
of Christian monks
of ancient Egypt.
His first book, The Way
of the Prisoner (Lantern, 2003), deals with centering
prayer and abounds with examples
of how ordinary Christians can
practice what
ancient monks did in their cells.
Further, the differences between the cultures informing this work remind that perceptions
of ancient practice, be it drawing or
prayer, vary with changes in the body politic.