meditation Archive

  • A Record Keeping People

    Posted on September 12, 2012 | 3 Comments
    For me, writing both requires that I feel centered within myself as well as helps me to get to that centered place. It's almost a form of meditation.

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  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: More Than Meditation

    Posted on August 3, 2012 | 3 Comments
    God knows that I have some deep and abiding struggles--religious conundrums with which I have grappled for years.

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  • Meditation Station

    Posted on September 11, 2011 | 4 Comments
    If you were to open your green hymnbook emblazoned with that nifty gold Tabernacle organ icon to page hymn #144, you’d find this ode to solitude, a song about the necessity of quiet, private places in one’s spiritual life, “Secret Prayer”: There is an hour […]

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  • Erin’s Ride to a 10-Day Silent Vipassana Course

    Posted on July 3, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Our beloved Erin just wrapped up a 10-day silent vipassana meditation retreat, or as some people call it, “meditation boot camp.” Hopefully she’ll tell us more about it here later. For now, some pictures of her ride to the retreat center in Dallas:

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  • Meditation 101

    Posted on January 23, 2011 | 12 Comments
    When I signed up for Yoga Teacher Training years ago, I was warned to expect a lot of sitting still for hours on the floor in silence, listening to dharma talks, anatomy lessons, and meditating. With two small children at home, the thought of silence […]

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