so-soI finally finished this after reading it far too slowly over the course of a year! I started it with a Centering Prayer group at church, but we got off schedule & set it aside. Although overall it didn‘t really resonate with me, I‘m glad I finished. I had a hard time getting on board with the psychological vocabulary he uses about contemplation & I wonder if I‘d have gotten more out of it if he‘d used fewer technical terms for the same concepts.⤵️
BarbaraJean The last few chapters had some great applications to social justice, which I really appreciated, and I think I will still explore other books of his about Centering Prayer. This one just didn‘t seem like it was the best intro for me, though others may well have a different experience! 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook One of the ladies at my contemplative spirituality course is really into Thomas Keating and centering prayer, I admit I have read basically nothing on this though I would still like to. 6y
BarbaraJean @MommyWantsToReadHerBook On Centering Prayer, my pastor has recommended Basil Pennington, and I have a copy of Keating‘s Open Mind, Open Heart that I will read one of these days!![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel 6y
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