chris erdman

Returning to the Center: The Spiritual Memoir of a Twenty-First Century Pilgrim

My personal memory through burnout, loss of vision and passion, and the discovery of the heart of religious experience.  It’s a journey not only through the deserts of Egypt, the Scottish Highlands, and encounters with a wizened saint in Oxford, England, but also into the depths of my own heart, where I discovered God is as near as my next breath.

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The Journey of the Magi: The Twelve Days as Twelve Ways to Deeper Your Life of Prayer

A series of Christmas meditations offered online for each of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas.

For those who’ve glimpsed the Light come into the world in Emmanuel, God-With-Us, the Twelve Days are a journey into prayer, a season set at the beginning of the year that helps deepen our experience with God in the midst of daily life.

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This brief and suggestive series of meditations involves you in the deeper journey of living prayer drawn from the ancient Christian tradition shared by both the Christian East and West.  Best, or course, during Christmas, but helpful at anytime you need to strengthen your practice.  Here are pointers to the twelve ways:

1. Awareness
2. Awakening
3. Companionship
4. Wonder
5. Walking
6. Desert
7. Words
8. Humility
9. Darkness
10. Perseverance
11. Fire
12. Return