http://www.explorefaith.org/index.rss Spiritual guidance for anyone seeking a path to God en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 5:01:51 GMT-6 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/apps/exploreprayer.php The exploreprayer interactive iPhone app features more than 600 prayers to help you think deeply and intentionally about what you want to communicate to God. Choose your prayer intention, and let exploreprayer be your guide. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406433 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/apps.php The free explorefaith app delivers a Signpost devotion to your iPhone each day plus provides a customizable Daily Office from Phyllis Tickle's Divine Hours guide to fixed-hour prayer Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406448 http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/enneagram/the_heart_center.php The Enneagram types in the "heart center" know through mood, tone and feeling. Rather than feeling emotions directly, they tend to derive their feelings from the responses and reactions of others. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406467 http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/enneagram/the_body_center.php Those types whose first way of knowing is through a kinesthetic sense, physical sensation and instinct are types Eight, Nine, and One. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406468 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books/contemplative_by_design.php Creating your own spiritual Quiet Space does not have to be difficult or particularly time-consuming. It will, however, require prayerful forethought if it is to provide the atmosphere needed to allow mind, body and spirit to be revived and rejuvenated by the One who is Peace, even within the tension and demands of daily life. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406481 http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/enneagram/the_head_center.php Enneagram Types Five, Six, and Seven: Thinking types who respond logically and systematically to situations and like to have a plan for what is to come. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406415 http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/enneagram/spirituality_and_personality.php A few basic concepts for understanding the Enneagram Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406417 http://www.explorefaith.org/resources/books_books/litmus_tests_of_letting_go.php Do you wonder if you're on the right track? If the practices and disciplines you've taken on are really helping you trust more completely in God's active presence in your life. Here Linda Douty offers some "Litmus Tests of Letting Go," from Chapter 15 of her book about "Setting our souls free." Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406588 http://www.explorefaith.org/faces/holy_lives/contemplative_prayer_with_thomas_keating/spiritual_evolution.php For Keating, the task for Christians is to embody the teaching of Jesus through contemplative prayer practice. When we step away from all the noise into that place of utter quiet where only our soul and the presence of God reside, we are led to a place of spiritual movement and change. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406657 http://www.explorefaith.org/faces/holy_lives/contemplative_prayer_with_thomas_keating/bypassing_the_thoughts_that_distract_us.php A common complaint is that thoughts regularly interrupt us when we pray or meditate. It seems that what has become so habitual to us in our workaday world has overflowed right into our soul. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT-6 406659