I invite you to set aside time for contemplative practice in this New Year. People ask me, How long should I pray? I say, As long as it takes you to get to an emotional and mental yes! Many find that they need two periods of twenty minutes a day to come to such surrender. Perhaps it is early in the morning, before your brain has a chance to begin its list-making and judgments. Or, it could be in the evening, which might include an examine of consciousness, looking for the God-encounters during your day. Maybe it is taking moments throughout the day to pause, breathe, be still and recognize how you have returned from yes and back to various kinds of no. - Richard Rohr
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:57:16 +0000