CENTERING PRAYER FOR EVERYONE

With Readings, Instructions, and Programs 
for Home and Group Practice

Table of Contents

Permissions | ix
List of Essential Instructions in Boxes | xi
Foreword by Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler | xiii
Acknowledgments | xvii
Introduction | xix

Who Is God for You? | 1

Part I—A Concise Guide to Contemplative Practice

A Concise Guide to Centering Prayer | 7
Intuition and Following the Centering Prayer Guidelines | 17
A Concise Guide to Lectio Divina | 20
A Concise Guide to Visio Divina | 28
A Concise Guide to Walking Meditation | 34
A Concise Guide to Chanting and the Psalms | 36
Suggestions for Contemplative Home Practice | 41
The Need for Community | 44
Guidelines for Sharing in a Contemplative Group | 46

Part II—A Concise Guide to Contemplative Leadership

What Does It Mean to Be a Contemplative Leader? | 5
Starting a Contemplative Prayer Group | 59
Planning and Leading a Contemplative Quiet Day | 64
Contemplative Prayer in a Digital Context | 79

Part III—Programs for Contemplative Prayer Services

Using the Contemplative Prayer Programs | 85
Program for a Regular Meeting | 88
Program with Visio Divina | 96
Program for Home Practice | 105
Program for a Digital Meeting | 111
Other Variations on the Program | 117

Part IV—Readings and Resources

Readings | 123

Psalms | 123
Christian Scripture | 127
Judeo-Christian Scripture | 132
Poems | 134
Spiritual Classics | 141
Spiritual Writing | 143
Twelve Step Tradition | 145
Buddhist Writing | 146

Resources | 148

Endnotes | 155
Bibliography | 159
Subject Index | 161
Scripture Index | 167

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