Midweek Retreat is a recorded contemplative practice released at noon each Wednesday.
Generally, the practice consists of:
- Welcome and Introduction
- Body/Breath Awareness
- Guided Prayer or Meditation
- Silence
- Invitation to Reflect
Members can receive the weekly recording by sending an email of request to ministrylab@unitedseminary.edu. [Become a member here.]
Find upcoming practices in the sidebar.
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Find resources to support your regular practice in our Contemplative Practices lib guides.
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If you are new to Contemplative Prayer, contact Rev. Emily Meyer, The Ministry Lab’s executive director. Emily is certified by Shalem Institute as a contemplative prayer small group and retreat leader and by Mindful Schools as a Mindfulness facilitator and will gladly guide you through what to expect and how to best utilize the recorded practice.
This Week’s Practice
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We return to recorded practices with our late summer version of lectio divina – a series of nature-based poems paired with biblical readings from non-traditional translations (mostly).
July 26 – Pentecost 9: Tanaya Winder’s Stone Mother/Matthew 13:10-17 (from First Nation Version: New Testament)
August 2 – Pentecost 10: Patricia Hooper’s In the Clearing / Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 (The Inclusive Bible)
August 9 – Pentecost 11: Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Summer Haibun / Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NRSV)
August 16 – Pentecost 12: Melinda Palacio’s The Praying Tree / Genesis 2:4-10 (The Inclusive Bible)
August 23 – Pentecost 13: Kwame Dawes’ Shook Foil / Isaiah 6:1-8 (The Inclusive Bible)
August 30 – Pentecost 20: Kamilah Aisha Moon’s Mercy Beach / Malachi 3:1-4 (The Inclusive Bible)
September 6 – Edgar A. Guest’s It’s September / Psalm 65:8-13 (Psalms Anew)
September 13 – Ari Banias’ A Sunset / Isaiah 55:10-11 (NRSV)
September 20 – Yi Lei’s Nature Aria / 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (First Nations Version: New Testament)
September 27 – Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Merry Autumn / Isaiah 55:10-11 (NRSV)
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If you would like to receive weekly recordings of the practice, send an email of request here.
