by Tom Fenske | May 2, 2014 | Life Stories
At the end of the Journey to the Cross prayer book we asked you to submit stories from your life this Lent season (also found online here). How has your faith been challenged and shaped by the 40 Days of Lent? The following was submitted by someone from Westheights...
by Tom Fenske | Apr 20, 2014 | Events
THE BIG SABBATH! This Sabbath is the biggest one of all – It’s Resurrection Day! It can be very easy to forget in the reflective period of Lent that Jesus is alive today. Easter is when we celebrate that death has lost its sting, we have eternal life in Jesus,...
by Westheights | Apr 14, 2014 | Christian Living
THE JESUS PRAYER Like Centering Prayer, the Jesus Prayer is a simple exercise in being quiet. However, unlike a single word or phrase, we use a small prayer, spoken over and over again. The Jesus Prayer is likely the oldest form of reflection prayer used in the...
by Todd Lester | Apr 10, 2014 | Christian Living
I said this past Sunday that you can live for three weeks without food but only three days without water (according to Bear Gryls, Man vs Wild on Netflix). I was thinking, as important as food and water are for our survival, there are some things even more important...
by Westheights | Apr 7, 2014 | Christian Living
VIA ACTIVIA – MOVING PRAYER We often think of prayer as a still activity where we sit still waiting for God to speak to us. However, many of the great contemplative men and women of history have found movement vital to their spiritual health. The word pilgrim...
