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Contemplative Practice and Flourishing

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Matthew 6:25–34, God cares for you, actively intervening in your life with infinite knowledge and wisdom, love and goodness, and presence and power. Contemplative practice helps you to deepen your love of Jesus, placing him at the center of your existence.

The truth that God is all-knowing, all-loving, and all-powerful, teaches us to pivot away from  distracting, worrying thoughts and towards his loving embrace. This is central to flourishing in the living of our lives.

I will be posting a new podcast episode on Contemplative Practice soon. In the meantime the Subscribe option for my Podcast on iTunes is back and active. You can click the link below or use the iTunes Icon on the sidebar to the right.

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The peace of all peace
be yours this day
+ in the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

With you on the Journey!

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Episode One: Cultivating a Flourishing Mindset

Welcome to my first episode: Cultivating a Flourishing Mindset!

What if the the story of God is a story that is truer, better, and more beautiful than we have ever imagined? What if the  story of Jesus is above everything else about inviting people into flourishing in God’s coming kingdom?

Our minds (not our brains) are the most important things about us. And the most important thing about our mind is what it is set upon. What you do with your mind is the most important choice you have to make every day of your life. Wherever your mind goes, the rest of your life goes with it.

In this podcast I will reflect on the following:

1. What it means to flourish.

2. The importance of your mind as the key to your life.

3. The challenge of cognitive fusion.

4. Fixed Mindset vs. Growth/Flourishing Mindset.

5. Created in the image of God we have the power to create and act for flourishing lives, ours and others.

6. The invitation to silence and the contemplative tradition of Christian spirituality as a way of healing and growing in acceptance and the openness of a flourishing mindset.

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Wisdom For Flourishing: An Examen At The End of Your Day

Questions to ask yourself at the end of your day: (author, John O’Donahue)
 
 
 
 
Where did my eyes linger today?
Where was I hurt without anyone noticing?
What did I learn today?
What differences did I notice in those closest to me?
Whom did I neglect?
Where did I neglect myself?
What did I begin today that might endure?
How were my conversations?
What did I do for the poor and excluded?
Where did I allow myself to receive love?
With whom did I feel most myself?
Who saw me today?
What did I avoid today?
From the evidence – why was I given this day?
 
 
*Take some silent reflection on these questions and perhaps journal what you wish to say to God. Pray for the grace to be more aware and present to God’s coming to you in the next day.
 
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