I talk a lot about imaging prayer but I realize that I don’t necessarily talk about it in detail on my feed. That’s not a deliberate decision since I practice and lead imaging prayer all the time. I guess I just hadn’t thought about sharing them. Mine, anyway. Please note that although many religions and philosophies practice meditation, contemplation, and visualization, imaging prayer is specifically Christian contemplative prayer using the sanctified imagination. Which yeah, is a mouthful. It’s different because we believe that the Holy Spirit directly grants the imaging prayer, whether it’s still images, a narrative, or words. And although any believer can learn and practice imaging prayer, I…

Yeah, I didn’t know how to pronounce it either. It’s Latin for “receive” and it’s pronounced soo-shee-pay.

You’re carrying out your work for the Lord. You’re doing your best, working faithfully, believing… then one day you wake up and realize that you feel very distant from God. And it’s the same the next day, and the next day, and the next… Remember Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind Love”? If you could read my mind loveWhat a tale my thoughts would tellJust like an old time movie‘Bout a ghost from a wishing wellIn a castle dark or a fortress strongWith chains upon my feetYou know that ghost is meI don’t know where we went wrongBut the feeling’s gone and I just can’t get it back……