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The gift of contemplative prayer -- 1 of 4
Oct. 13, 2009
Fr. Thomas Keating
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Episode 1: Rediscovering the tradition (17 min.)
"Centering prayer is not something new," Keating tells interviewer Tom Fox. "It is simply an effort to update the apophatic contemplative tradition coming down from Gregory of Nyssa and The Cloud [of Unknowing] and the Carmelites, John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila." Keating set about rediscovering this tradition for what he calls "the grass-roots part of the church, the parishes and the schools."
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in December 2007.
The gift of contemplative prayer -- 2 of 4
Oct. 13, 2009
Fr. Thomas Keating
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Episode 2: Consenting to the invitation to transformation (16 min.)
Centering prayer is a gift of grace, Keating says. "But to sit there waiting for it to drop from heaven is not the right approach to awaken something that is already an innate power of grace." Thus the need for practice and discipline. Read Matthew 6:6. Keating also talks about conversations he has had with philosopher Ken Wilbur.
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in December 2007.
The gift of contemplative prayer -- 3 of 4
Oct. 13, 2009
Fr. Thomas Keating
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Episode 3: Encountering silence (19 min.)
Silence is so much an aspect of the spirituality of the old and New Testament. Everything comes out of silence and returns to it. So it should be a part of education," Fr. Keating said. "It is through the practice of silence that we begin to become vulnerable to the true self and the supernatural organism we receive with grace and baptism. … We think that even preschoolers should be introduced to silence," Fr. Keating tells Tom Fox. He also discusses original sin.
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in December 2007.
The gift of contemplative prayer -- 4 of 4
Oct. 12, 2009
Fr. Thomas Keating
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Episode 4: The need for renewal (19 min.)
Forty years of studying contemplation has led Fr. Keating to this conclusion: "All of Christianity and especially the institutional aspects and structures of it need to be regularly renewed to ensure they are transparent of the original intention of the Gospel," which he says is "the way of transformed life. He talks about recovering a contemplative dimension for our society that will give us the courage to face pressing social needs as well as the ordinary human problems of our private lives. Fr. Keating also describes a "contemplative Mass."
This is an encore presentation. This podcast was first aired in December 2007.
Bill McKibben: 'The most important number in the world' -- 1 of 3
Oct. 02, 2009
Bill McKibben
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Episode 1: The immediate crisis (26 min.)
Though McKibben describes himself as "exuberated and exhilarated and optimistic in many ways," he acknowledges his career "as a professional bummer-outer" and must first lay out the climate change problem before turning to reasons for hope. "Climate change is the most current, immediate crisis," McKibben says in this recording of his Sept. 11 keynote address at the Muddy Boot Organic Festival at St. Philip Neri Parish in Portland, Ore. "We do not have the time we thought we had even a few years ago." (photo by Karen Stein)
NCR staff writer Teresa Malcolm was at the Muddy Boot Festival. Read her story here: A spiritual, ecological celebration
Bill McKibben: 'The most important number in the world' -- 2 of 3
Oct. 02, 2009
Bill McKibben
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Episode 2: One planet at a time (34 min.)
"Now we're going to figure out what to do," McKibben says in the second half of his Sept. 11 keynote address at St. Philip Neri Parish's Muddy Boot Festival in Portland, Ore. For the most part, we do not lack the technology to solve the problem of climate change, he says. "The thing that we lack is political will to make things happen quickly enough. And that's good news, because political will is something we're capable of generating." The worldwide 350 campaign, he says, aims to do just that. (photo by Karen Stein)
Bill McKibben: 'The most important number in the world' -- 3 of 3
Oct. 02, 2009
Bill McKibben
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Episode 3: Loving your neighbor (8 min.)
A number of audience members who had come to hear McKibben speak at the Muddy Boot Organic Festival Sept. 11 later told NCR that they were struck and inspired by this exchange during the question-and-answer session following the keynote address in St. Philip Neri Parish in Portland, Ore. A young man asks how to approach issues of climate change with his conservative religious community. In response, McKibben shares his experience of people in faith communities who've come to see the "unambiguous de-creation" of God's world as a clear social justice question for the poor around the world, and how answering the call to defend creation is answering Jesus' call to love our neighbor. (photo by Karen Stein)
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 2 of 3
Sep. 17, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 2: 'We don't have time for opposition' (13 min.)
"The future of Christianity is ecumenical," Rohr tells Tom Fox. No single denomination is big enough to contain Jesus, he says and outlines three characteristics of "the emerging church": 1) A recognition of social justice, Christianity has to be concerned about this world and suffering, 2) Openness to contemplation, and 3) Honest scholarship about Jesus.
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 1 of 3
Sep. 17, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 1: A different consciousness (27 min.)
Rohr tells Tom Fox: "I am convinced that prayer is a descriptor word for a different consciousness. When Jesus goes out and prays for 40 days, he is not saying Hail Marys and Our Fathers. He is looking out at life with a different set of eyes."
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
Fr. Richard Rohr: Seeing with God's eyes -- Part 3 of 3
Sep. 17, 2009
Fr. Richard Rohr
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Episode 3: What do we mean by 'transformation'? (15 min.)
"A lot of people still think that transformation means becoming more pious or becoming more law abiding or becoming more polite," Rohr tells Tom Fox. "By transformation I mean a different consciousness." It’s not about moral mandates, he said. "It’s looking at reality in a different way, which will certainly lead you to operate in highly moral ways, but you don’t start with morality and think that will get you there.
This is an encore presentation. The podcast first aired in November 2007.
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Seeing with God's eyes: Prayer as a new form of consciousness
