Our Mission
"Creating contemplative communities who practice the presence of God
for personal transformation and compassionate service with the world."
Our Motto
"Listening in stillness, serving in joy."
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Our classes, groups, workshops, and retreats are all online!
Use the link to "Our Groups" above for details.
To attend a group, email livingschool12@gmail.com for the link to that class/group, examples include:
Mondays - Contemplative Justice Group 12-1:30 pm (CDT)
Tuesdays - Centering Prayer practice 12:30-1 pm (CDT)
Wednesdays - Contemplative Life Group 11:30am - 1 pm (CDT)
Thursdays - Creative Encounters Group 7-8 pm (CDT)
Saturdays - Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina 10:00-11:00 am (CDT)
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Contemplative Justice Group: New Study
Real Change by Sharon Salzburg
Began May 3, 12-1:30 pm Central Time
RSVP: livingschool12@gmail.com
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Contemplative Life Group: New Study
Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass
Began May 5, 11:30 am - 1 pm Central Time
RSVP: livingschool12@gmail.com
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Creative Encounters Group: New Class for all creatives (art, writing, etc.)
Led by C. Jaye Miller & Eric Fulcher
Began May 6, 7 - 8 pm Central Time
RSVP: livingschool12@gmail.com
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Centering Prayer Retreat
with Susan Komis, Contemplative Outreach
Friday, August 20, 5:30 pm - Sunday, August 22, 12:30 pm
Suggested Cost: $39
Come join our global contemplative community for our annual centering prayer retreat, co-sponsored with Contemplative Outreach of New Orleans. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeker-to-sage-journey-to-the-unknowable-a-centering-prayer-retreat-tickets-159749140981.
Join the Compassion Revolution!
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__________Monks in the World video__________
________________Podcast Series: 11 Episodes________________
"A Contemplative Path"
with William Thiele, PhD
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To learn more from our stories of contemplative living read this book:
Monks in the World: Seeking God in a Frantic Culture, published by Wipf & Stock, and available on Amazon.com, (William Thiele, author)
You can also follow a blog by William Thiele:
"A Contemplative Path" at www.wordpress.com.
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Listening in Stillness
Cultivating a contemplative presence for God involves daily practice of spiritual disciplines in solitude.
Because the journey cannot be completed alone, we also practice and learn with a community
of supportive friends. This, for us, is the inward journey:
"practicing the Presence of God for personal transformation."
Serving in Joy!
Presence for God brings us into God's heart for the world. The result is action -
a response of serving by bringing the Presence into our service. We serve through
our chosen vocations and through shared missions.
We seek compassionate service with the world. This for us is the outward journey
