Contemplative Sit

​“When are we actually going to discuss the book?” he asked. I smiled and said, “I have bad news for you: we aren’t.”

Being still is the point of these “practice groups” around the book, The Universal Christ. 

Compared to a typical book discussion group, it may feel stilted, even frustrating. It’s full of silence and listening and so little talking! What sharing we do is in brief and then no one answers the speaker but simply receives what they share. There’s little “back-and-forth” or “exchange of ideas”—which, for many of us, is the very path toward learning and understanding.

But there is another way to grow: by being still. It’s at once more direct and more unsettling, because it’s beyond our control. 

You can try at home what these St. Paul practice groups are doing: a “contemplative sit.” Be still for 10 minutes with the verse from Psalm 46: “Be still and know that I am God.” Find more guidance at: www.saintpaulclinton.org/contemplativesit
--PC