Toolkit – Prayer Resources

At the first Toolkit session we made available a list of resources on the prayer practices that we explored together. Here it is (all the books are available via Amazon) :

MEDITATION

Books

‘Open Mind, Open Heart’ – Thomas Keating

‘Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening’ – Cynthia Bourgeault

‘Into the Silent Land’ – Martin Laird

‘Word into Silence’ – John Main

‘Sadhana – a way to God’ – Anthony de Mello

‘Christian Zen’ – William Johnston

‘Everything Belongs’ – Richard Rohr

Websites

http://www.wccm.org/ – World Community of Christian Meditation

http://www.thestillpoint.org.uk – StillPoint is a spirituality project co-directed by Matt

http://www.mediomedia.com/ – resources such as talks etc. from WCCM

https://cac.org/ – The Center for Action and Contemplation – Richard Rohr’s ministry

http://www.eckharttolle.com/ – Eckhart Tolle’s website

 

THE JESUS PRAYER

‘The Jesus Prayer’ – Simon Barrington-Ward

‘The Way of a Pilgrim’ – anonymous (a classic of eastern Orthodox literature)

Prayer beads available from Fairacres Convent Shop (http://www.slg.org.uk/)

 

IGNATIAN EXAMEN

‘Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life’ by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, Matthew Linn and Francisco Miranda

The Daily Examen

 

LITURGY

Northumbria Community Prayer Book

Iona Community Prayer Book

Common Worship – Prayer During the Day

‘Out of the Silence, Into the Silence – Prayer’s Daily Round’ – Jim Cotter

‘Celtic Wheel of the Year’ – Tess Ward

http://www.sacredspace.ie/

http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer.aspx

 

PRAYING WITH ICONS

‘The Dwelling of the Light: Praying with Icons of Christ’ – Rowan Williams

‘Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons’ – Henri Nouwen

 

MINDFULNESS

‘Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world’ – Prof Mark Williams

‘Mindfulness for Beginners’ by Jon Kabat-Zinn

http://oxfordmindfulness.org/