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Tidbits on praying as a whole human being

God made us as complex beings with bodies, minds, and spirits. He graciously invites our whole selves into relationship with him, but what does that really mean? Here are a few tidbits on bringing our body, mind, and spirit to God in prayer.

Peter Gammell

February 7, 2023

How to Pray the Lord's Prayer Contemplatively

How do we pray the Lord's prayer in a meaningful way? How do we contemplate Jesus's words instead of glossing over them? Enjoy this exerpt from Brandon's session on the Lord's Prayer during our Simply Pray One Day Retreat as he unpacks these questions.

Brandon Booth

January 24, 2023

Our Father

The Lord’s prayer is deeper than we often recognize. St. Cyprian wasn’t joking when he said that it is an entire “compendium of heavenly doctrine.”

Brandon Booth

January 17, 2023

God is available to you right now

Despite what we know to be true, our tendency is to feel that we must do something in order to gain access to God's presence. Advent invites us to consent to the truth that God is already present and he loves us.

Peter Gammell

December 6, 2022

Witness 👀

We’ve all heard that it’s important to be a witness, but it occurred to me that before we can tell someone what we’ve seen, we have to see it. Attention is the fundamental spiritual discipline. All the practices, all the skills—indeed prayer itself—begin with directing our attention to God.

Brandon Booth

October 25, 2022

Thinking In Reverse

In my recent podcast interview with Father Theodore, the abbot of an Orthodox monastery, he made an interesting—and to my mind, paradoxical—observation about how we need to “exercise” in our spiritual life just like in your physical life. Here’s what he said:

Brandon Booth

October 11, 2022

Weeping in the "Not Yets"

God always answers prayer in one of three ways- “yes”, “no”, or “not yet”. More often than not, it seems God’s answer to my prayers has been that last one. And the “not yet” feels excruciating-because it feels more like a “no” and it is very hard to tell the difference. Some days, I feel like Job, and I want to raise my fists to God and yell “Why, God? How could you let this happen? When will it end?”

April 18, 2022

Reaching Out

The poor woman in Mark 5, afflicted for over a decade, serves as a most faithful witness to Christ’s work and the healing that comes only from His presence.

January 24, 2022

Hear, Now

Jesus taught us to pray in secret—in hidden and remote places—in our bedrooms. These places are best suited to growing our faith because in them we can experience God as being here, now.

Brandon Booth

January 18, 2022