Over the next six months (January to June 2026) at Shantz Mennonite Church, where I attend, I am teaching six Adult Education sessions on deepening our experience of prayer. During these sessions which will happen monthly, I plan to explore six different types of Christian prayer with the goal of helping people develop their ability to pray with the Sacred.  I plan to base each of next six blogs on the content of these teachings on prayer.  The first teaching was on Welcoming Prayer, a prayer form taught by Thomas Keating, a Catholic monk, designed to help people bring all their experiences within themselves and life to God in prayer.  In this blog, I will share the key teachings around Welcoming Prayer, and provide for you a video that will lead you in a Welcoming Prayer structure.    (Click here to continue reading)