Explore Insights on Choosing Presence & the Practice of Presence
Browse, reflect, and embrace the practice of presence!
Welcome to our collection of thought-provoking articles designed to inspire and support your journey towards daily calm and presence. Here, you’ll find deep reflections on Choosing Presence and the Practice of Presence, along with explorations of contemplative prayer, meditation, and the art of living in the moment.
Whether you’re seeking practical guidance, fresh perspectives, or a deeper understanding of presence in daily life, these articles offer valuable wisdom to help you cultivate stillness, awareness, and a stronger connection with God.
The Holy Pause: You Don’t Need a Vacation to Find Peace
Practice of Presence Teaching
Peace isn’t a destination you reach when life finally calms down—it’s a quiet reality waiting beneath today’s noise. This reflection invites you to take a holy pause in the middle of your responsibilities: three conscious breaths, a simple check-in, and a return to inner peace—right where you are.
Choosing Presence: A Simple Guide for Newcomers (What It Is, How It Works, and How to Begin)
Choosing Presence: A Simple Guide for Newcomers
Choosing Presence is a Christian contemplative approach for returning to God’s peace in everyday life—through a short daily stillness practice and quick “return to presence” moments when stress rises. This guide explains the heart of the practice, offers ready-to-use ways to describe it, and gives you a gentle plan to start.
A Year of Choosing Presence
Practice of Presence Teaching
As 2025 comes to a close, we pause to remember a simple truth we’ve returned to all year: presence is always available. Through breath, stillness, and conscious awareness, we’ve learned again and again that peace is not something we create, but something we remember in the present moment. With gratitude for the journey we’ve shared, we invite you to continue deepening the Practice of Presence in the year ahead—and to begin again with gentleness and trust.
The Peace We All Long For
Practice of Presence Teaching
We can lose our sense of peace in an instant—a tense conversation, a moment of frustration, or our own resistance. Chapter 8 of Choosing Presence reminds us that true peace doesn’t depend on circumstances but rises from God’s presence within. By choosing stillness, we return again and again to the peace already available in this moment.
Turning Toward Presence
Practice of Presence Teaching
Negative thinking can sweep in quietly—a familiar story, a judgment, a worry that spirals before we even notice. Jim Heaney reminds us that negative thoughts and gossip reflect inner unrest, yet presence offers a way back. By pausing, breathing, and becoming aware, we interrupt the pattern and return to truth, compassion, and God’s steady peace.