Spiritual Journey Series
Two Locations
Des Moines, Iowa Ames, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
The Loving Search for God
A Spiritual Journey in Contemplative Prayer and
The Cloud of Unknowing
2nd Tuesday of Each Month
6:30 – 8:30 pm
View Series Schedule Des Moines
Plymouth Congregational Church
Center for Spiritual Growth
42nd and Ingersoll Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa
Join members of Contemplative Outreach of Central Iowa (COCI) Centering Prayer community for this monthly gathering.
Each session will include time for centering prayer and careful study and discussion of two works side by side (copies available for purchase):
The Loving Search for God, (Meninger, O.C.S.O.)
The Cloud of Unknowing (anonymous)
The study will continue to meet monthly on the second Tuesday of each month.
| Contact | For more information |
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Schedule
| Sept. 14, 2010 | Oct. 12, 2010 | Nov. 9, 2010 | Dec. 14, 2010 |
| Jan. 11, 2011 | Feb. 8, 2011 |
AMES, Iowa Return to Des Moines, Iowa
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
7 - 9 pm
First Christian Church
611 Clark Avenue
Ames, Iowa
On the 1st Tuesday of the month, we listen to an audio presentation of the "Spiritual Journey" series by Thomas Keating, the Trappist monk who has developed the contemporary practice of Centering Prayer, a prayer of silence deeply rooted in the Christian contemplative tradition, see schedule below.
On the 3rd Tuesday of the month, we listen to an audio presentation on spirituality either from Contemplative Outreach or another source.
All sessions begin with a greeting time followed by a 30 minute Centering Prayer sit. Then we listen to the CD followed by discussion.
1st Tuesday of the Month Schedule
Sep. - The Four Consents
Oct. - The Human Condition: The Philosophical Model
Nov. - Anthony as a Paradigm of the Spiritual Journey
Dec. - Liberation from the False Self System
Jan. 2011 - Liberation from Cultural Conditioning
Feb. - Spirituality in Everyday Life
“’Repent.’ This is as if Jesus were to say, ‘Change the direction in which you are looking for happiness. You’ll never find it in your emotional programs for happiness. Let go of your childish motivation because it can’t possibly work in adult life.’” (Invitation to Love, 11)