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On Saturday we had the opportunity to gather with 300 other young adults and emergent-minded folks in Lansing to converse about spiritual practices in our lives and how God is at work among us. With some great music and messages we asked how we could all go deeper with our faith. At some prayer stations at the end of the day the organizers of Unleashed gave us the opportunity to pray tactilely. In one corner of the room was a kiddy pool complete with water. A table with sharpies and stones sat beside it. With kerplunks many of us dropped into that pool stones with words written on them. These were prayers for things in our lives that we were asking God to wash away. I guess it was the possibility of getting splashed or the image of such serious prayers being enveloped by the plastic blue of the pool - but I really felt, in this simple practice, that I was able to connect to God. What are the simple practices of our faith that have allowed you to connect to God? Let us know by commenting on the blog, and maybe we can support each other in this "going deeper" with the creative ways this has been done. Unleashed and yet looking to connect, »
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I have recently begun
I have recently begun following the daily liturgical readings as a basis for my devotional time and praying morning, midday and evening prayers that I have found in a book called "celtic daily prayers" taken from the Northumbrian community. Though these prayers do not replace my personal prayers to God, they help me maintain prayer at times I am not always "feeling it" and they help me to reach that goal of praying "without ceasing"