Imaging prayer (Christian contemplative prayer in the sanctified imagination) does great things in the pray-er’s life. Heh, forget “great things”, think “miracles”. The problem with talking about it though, at least for me as a spiritual director, is that a lot of people who are interested in it want to know its benefits. Of course they do! There’s nothing wrong with that. God’s Word is FULL of benefits, full of treasures and crowns: eternal life, poured-out blessings, answered prayer. These things are all true. It’s also true that imaging prayer can change your life, just like it did mine. God led me to the little book that started my journey…

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.