Month: February 2021
Updated on February 26, 2021
Poem for the Second Sunday of Lent
Sometimes a light surprises the Christian while he sings;It is the Lord, who rises with healing in His wings:When comforts are declining, He grants the soul againA season of clear shining, to cheer it after rain. In holy …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Imaginative Contemplation “What are You Looking For?”
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/contemplativeathome/Imaginative_Contemplation_What_are_You_Looking_For.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA mindful stilling followed by imaginative contemplation with John 1:35-59. John the Baptist says to his friends “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” As the friends follow Jesus, he …
Updated on February 16, 2021
Poem for the first Sunday in Lent
Why she says “Yes” Lent is not a fast time,but a measured long to last time,a somewhat lean but clean time,a useful in between time. Lent is not a false time,nor a masked ball or fancy waltz time,it’s …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Imaginative Contemplation : Bartimeus
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/contemplativeathome/Imaginative_Contemplation_Bartimaeus-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA mindful stilling exercise followed by an imaginative contemplation. You are in the crowd following Jesus when Bartimaeus, blind and begging at the side of the road, causes a stir. …
Updated on February 12, 2021
Poem for the Sunday Before Lent
Day DreamOne day people will touch and talk perhaps easily,And loving be natural as breathing and warm as sunlight,And people will untie themselves, as string is unknotted,Unfold and yawn and stretch and spread their fingers,Unfurl, uncurl like seaweed …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Imaginative Contemplation – Jesus Calms the Storm
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/contemplativeathome/Imaginative_Contemplation_Mark_Jesus_calms_the_storm_-_11-02-2021_10.37.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA mindful stilling exercise followed by an imaginative contemplation. You are in the boat with Jesus, at the end of a long day, when a storm suddenly threatens to engulf …
Updated on November 12, 2021
The Contemplative Window
Have you signed up for our newsletter? Each Friday’s email offers a few links or “windows” to contemplative prayer spaces for you.. including the latest Contemplative at Home episode, other local and online resources, and a quote or …
Updated on January 28, 2021
Poem for the Sunday after Candlemas
A Song for Simeon Lord, the Roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls andThe winter sun creeps by the snow hills;The stubborn season has made stand.My life is light, waiting for the death wind,Like a feather on the back …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Imaginative Contemplation – Fishermen Called as Disciples
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/contemplativeathome/Luke_5_Great_Catch_Imaginative_Contmeplation_-_04-02-2021_18.23-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedJoin me for an imaginative experience with Luke 5 – Jesus, teaching to the crowds, gets into Simon’s boat, to teach from the shore. When he finishes teaching, he says …