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.
Leaving the Past Behind
Practice of Presence Teaching
Forgiveness isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt. It’s recognizing the past as a thought-pattern we keep feeding and cannot stop. Forgiveness is a present-moment event. When we release the past, we discover grace waiting in the next breath.
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.
When “Present” Becomes Practice
Practice of Presence Teaching
Presence isn’t something to figure out or achieve—it’s something we practice, moment by moment. In Accessing Presence (Chapter 4 of Choosing Presence), Jim Heaney reminds us that stillness and conscious breath are the simple gateways to awakening. As we pause, breathe, and return to the here and now, we rediscover the peace and love that divine presence offers—always here, quietly waiting at the center of our being.
Accessing Presence
Making Meaning of the Message: Accessing Presence
Access is everything, and God tells us exactly how to access the present moment where the Holy Spirit resides always. God tells us, “Be still, and know that I am God.”