The thing that struck me the most is how this time and space is opened. It is established as a time for us to open our minds to God by listening. We didn’t sing songs, we didn’t recite any prayers, we as a group came together to be quiet. Shah read a few paragraphs in one of the books of the Bible, and we sat in silence quieting our minds (which is no easy task) and listened.
MY JOURNEY INTO MEDITATIVE PRAYER!
It was in late 1998 in my Early Church History class, when I heard my professor, Mel Robeck, in passing say, “And then there were the Desert Fathers and Mothers who went to the desert to do spiritual warfare, but NOT the way we do it today.” For various reasons, that one sentence started my journey into what’s known as...