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SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT

The same as on a plane, when they advise you to put on your own oxygen mask before helping someone else, you need to care for your own spirit
before taking care of the spirits of your children.

Love God

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Peek, Ponder, Pray

This is a form of Visual Psalm or Visio Divina--Sacred Seeing. Look at the image, read the reflection, and say the prayer. You may find yourself discovering your own images to use in prayer
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Peek, Ponder, Pray

The Jesus Prayer

The rediscovery of ancient spiritual practices in the postmodern church has 
revived interest in the “Jesus Prayer” or “Prayer of the Heart.” Many 21st-century
Christians have found in this simple method of prayer a discipline that can lead
beyond words to silent contemplation of God's loving presence.
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Jesus Prayer

Hours of Prayers

 These simple services for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer are based on ancient
traditions that originate in the daily prayer of the Jewish community and the
early centuries of the church. You may use these prayers at home, or with a
small group of friends, or at the beginning or close of meetings in your
congregation.
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Hours of Prayers

Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina is a way of praying meditatively with the Bible so that the Word of God
can reach into our hearts and minds. It's a simple and natural way of meditation
practiced by the early monastics—women and men who followed God's call to a
radical vocation of silence, prayer and love.
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Lectio Divina

Practicing Attentiveness

One important practice necessary for a rich spiritual life is attentiveness.
Attentiveness, a key component for discernment, makes it possible to decipher
what God is doing in our lives. We first must listen for God and watch for God’s
actions in our lives and community in order to be able to discern God’s
ways.

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Practicing Attentiveness
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