THE ACTIVE CONTEMPLATIVE
...to the praise of God's glory

The Active Contemplative Online

Summer 2010

REACHING THE HEART THROUGH
GOD'S PRESENCE

The second set of articles/poems for this theme:

The Right Place for Everything
by Tracy Balzer, Graduate

What Moves You
by Dee Menning, Graduate

Sunday Lunch
by Cynthia Reynolds

The first set of articles/poems for this theme:

Introductory Quotes
By Bonnheoffer, Beethoven, Evely

A Movement of Very Small Proportions
By Cynthia Reynolds, Graduate

Quiet Prayer
By Brenda Korinek, Graduate

"Soaking"
By Robert Odegaard, Graduate

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Haiku

Dark Nights
Soul Fights
Risen Son
Eternally won!
by Robert Odegaard

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Winter 2010--Stretching The Wineskin Series

My Desert Truth's Hard to Swallow Spiritual Winter Captured
Beholding the Divine Fire Finding God in Candles
Ouote by Augustine and Introduction to the following article
Introduction and Part I: Imagination Part II: Receiving
Part III: Cooperating
Part IV:Preparations
Parts V & VI: Letting Go and Colors of Life
Part VII: Culture of Community and Conclusion

Fall 2009--I Will Give You Rest Series

Restful DESCENT Bridge to the Eternal Bath of the Divine Meet With You
Soul-Weariness Whispers in the Silence Quotes Pilgrim's Progress
The Silence of Rest Planting Rest

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Our hope is that ‘the Active Contemplative’, Christos Center’s inspirational publication, will help us all to foster and nurture our love relationship with God and to realize God’s presence in the midst of our busy lives. We at Christos are people who are busy with jobs, families and other activities that are common to the average person. We also have a deep desire for solitude, silence and prayer where we can nurture our love relationship with God and where we can pay attention to who we are becoming as God transforms us day by day into the image of Christ. The Active Contemplative speaks about this active deepening process.

“Creator God, we pray that you will enlarge our understanding, that you will enlighten the eyes of our hearts, that you will go beyond our human wisdom and our fragmented, broken, self-conscious selves and speak reality and truth to our inner person. We pray we can grow up to the image of God. Let us be a manifestation of your Son to a lost and hurting world…”

Journey into Reality
~Joann Nesser

“May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love.” Eph 3:17