Prayer and Contemplation

SF549 Leadership and Spiritual Formation 1Module 2

Opening to God

Prayer as a Means of Opening to God

Prayer is a word that describes relationship ... Prayer is sustained less by duty than by a desire to connect and grow in

intimacy and communion with the holy Three. Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, The Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, p. 203.

Prayer as a Means of Opening to God

Contemplative prayer invites us to cultivate and intentional awareness of God’s presence.

Prayer as a Means of Opening to God

Contemplation means to wake up to the presence of God in all things. Contemplation invites us to enter in to the moment

with a heart alive to whatever might happen. Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, The Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, p. 49.

We all feel a bit under the pile...

Breathe

Breath Prayer

Prayer of Longing