Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault (Cowley Publications) The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today by Timothy Gallagher (Crossroads Publishing Company) Spiritual Torrents by Madame Jeanne Guyon Moving in the Spirit: Becoming a Contemplative in Action by Richard J. Hauser (Paulist Press) Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active […]
During this Advent consider what it may mean for you to look for Mary & Joseph. Practice hospitality this holiday season. (Source: http://vimeo.com/)
“Rummaging for God: Praying Backwards Through Your Day” :: By Dennis Hamm, SJ About 20 years ago, at breakfast and during the few hours that followed, I had a small revelation. This happened while I was living in a small community of five Jesuits, all graduate students in New Haven, Connecticut. I was alone in […]
A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer: Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola’s Examen by Jim Manney (Loyola Press) Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault (Cowley Publications) Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form by M. Basil Pennington (Image) Dancing Standing Still: Healing the World from a Place of Prayer by Richard Rohr Everything […]
It Will Take a Movement :: An Update from Phileena & Chris
An introduction to contemplative spirituality by @Phileena Heuertz. [thanks to @travisreed + @TWOTP for the film. used with permission]
21st Century Freedom Ride by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism is helping sponsor a 21st Center Freedom Ride. Read more here and sign up to join us here.
Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism, is a grounding place for people to root their social engagement in a deep, contemplative spirituality in order to do good better. Gravity doesn’t exist simply for social justice activists, but for anyone and everyone who wants to make the world a better place. This is tough work and […]
“No More Illusions :: Contemplative Activism :: A Model for Mission” in Catalyst Groupzine by Phileena + Chris Heuertz ….Activism alone can be a cruel master. Without a contemplative base, the false self tends to drive us; and even our best intentions toward good can be laced with violence—violence that looks very similar to the violence of conflict […]
Though activists and social justice workers live faithfully into compelling vocations of compassion, they are sometimes the grumpiest, crustiest and meanest people out there—often down right unpleasant folks to be around. Many who fight to alleviate poverty are unhappy. Loneliness and sadness are familiar companions in their work for hope. Sometimes the stereotypical “dirty hippie” […]
For 20 years we (Phileena and Chris Heuertz) have given ourselves to grassroots movements of hope among some of the most vulnerable of the world’s poorest people. We’ve helped establish multi-ethnic, multi-national and ecumenical communities all across the globe. In South Asia we founded the region’s first pediatric AIDS care home, offering safe haven and […]
Becoming A Contemplative Activist: Transforming the World Through Spiritual Practices by Phileena Heuertz for Immense (May/June 2012) What does it mean to have our minds changed and transformed? Could it be the difference between dual and nondual thinking? Dualistic thinking needs boundaries, security and certainty (law). Non-dual or contemplative thinking transcends boundaries, security and certainty. And at periods […]
On September 17 Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism was born. Actually “born” may be too strong of a word—at least today we move into a little start-up office on the north side of downtown Omaha that we will work out of for the next year as we imagine what the Center can become. For many of you this may come […]