Contemplative Prayer
Volume 4:2 - Fall 2006

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Table of Contents:

FORMING THE SOUL
Being With God, the Practice Contemplative Prayer
- David G. Benner
Christian Meditation, Experiencing the Presence of God
- A Conversation with James Finley

FRIENDSHIP AND DIRECTION
The PAPA Prayer
- Larry Crabb
Contemplation and Social Action
- David G. Benner and Thelma Galuez

DARK NIGHTS AND BRIGHT MORNINGS
Contemplative Prayer Through Back Roads
- John R. (Jack) Finney
Journeying with Julian of Norwich: A Voice from the Anchor-Hold
- Joyce Peasgood

WISDOM AND ENERGY FOR THE SOUL
Poetry and the Art of Presence
- Dana Cunningham
Coffee and Contemplation
- Glandian Carney

HABITS THAT TRANSFORM
Praying the Scripture: A Contemplative Way of In Our Spiritual Relationship
- Albert C. Lauapre, S.J.
Contemplation: No Better Place to Be than with God
- Jan Johnson

Contemplative Prayer for Everyone
- Margaret Guenther

FEATURES
Ancient Christian Wisdom for a Post-Modern Age
Contemplation: The Aim of Christian Life
- Michael Glerup

O Taste and See
A Meditation on Jan Vermeer's Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
- Juliet Benner

Joining the Conversation
- David G. Benner

Defining Our Terms
Contemplation and Contemplative Prayer
- Adele Ahlberg Calhaun

International Conversations
David G. Benner

Issue Information

Volume:
4:2

Title:
Contemplative Prayer

Executive Editors
David G. Benner, Psychological Studies Institute
Larry Crabb, New Way Ministries
Gary W. Moon, Psychological Studies Institute

Editorial Consultants
Dallas Willard, University of Southern California
Richard Foster, Renovare

Managing Editor
Joannah Mason

Database/Website Manager
Michael Hopkins

Director of Circulation
Sarah Arnold

Art Directors
Paul W. Smith
Craig Schutt

Publication Board
Stan Bakke
Karl Bruce, Spiritual Formation Forum
John E. Eames, Eames Literary Services
Leland Eliason, Bethel Theological Seminary
Bob Fryling, InterVarsity Press
Henry Henegar, Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
C. Jeffery Terrell, Psychological Studies Institute
Paul L. Walker, Church of God

Editorial Board
Donald S. Aultman, Church of God School of Ministry
Jeannette Bakke, Spiritual Director
Kenneth Boa, Reflections Ministries
Alice Fryling, Spiritual Director
Margaret Guenther, The General Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus
James Houston, Regent College
Trevor A. Hudson, Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Selwyn Hughes, Crusade for World Revival (England)
Simon Yiu-Chuen Lee, Alliance Biblical Seminary (Hong Kong)
Gordon MacDonald, Leadership Journal
John Ortberg, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O., Abbey of Blessed Mary of St. Joseph
Father F. Gregory Rogers, Saint Catherine’s Orthodox Church
Robert Solomon, The Methodist Church of Singapore
Siang-Yang Tan, Fuller Theological Seminary

Sustaining Friends
Juliet Benner, Spiritual Director
David Cooper, Mount Paran Church of God
Carla Dahl, Bethel Theological Seminary
Larry Donnithorne, Colorado Christian University
Fred Finks, Ashland Theological Seminary
Wes Gardner, Kiokee Baptist Church
Winston Gooden, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ike Reighard, Northstar Church
Anthony Shelton, Ashbury Theological Seminary
Terry Wardle, Ashland Theological Seminary
Cam Yates, Carey Theological College