PRAYING FOR MY BELOVED CRC MEMBERS & CALVIN COLLEGE et al to NOT ACQUIESCE TO FAR-LEFT LIBERALISM TO TRY TO BE ‘COOL’:

JESUS SAID: “I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

And for their sakes ..."

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Christianity Today Magazine

Monday, April 20, 2020

"Jesus in the Desert: A Christian Approach to Trauma "

   "In her book Christ-Centered Mindfulness , Katherine Thompson goes through the history of Christianity to reclaim a Christian mindfulness practice where the focus is on Christ. Like Stone, Thompson cites many passages from the Bible to support her argument about ancient Christian references to mindfulness. She holds that Christ-centered mindfulness is actually "a form of prayer that dates back hundreds of years."
Christian mindfulness or meditation is based on "contemplative prayer," the silent prayer, in which you seek to focus your mind on God. Such were the exercises of St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius Loyola, and Thomas Merton. Teresa of Avila's The Interior Castle is a detailed contemplation about entering the heart of God."

https://stream.org/jesus-in-the-desert-a-christian-approach-to-trauma/