A monthly community call built around the book Choosing Presence and the practice of presence. Everyone is welcome (men and women), and there’s no cost to join.
Saturday, January 16From Calm to Peace
- Pacific9:00 AM
- Central11:00 AM
- Eastern12:00 PM
90 minutes on Zoom
Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve joined every month or this is your first call. Each session stands on its own.
“Join the call” opens our call page with the Zoom link. The calendar file adds every monthly call at once. Want the reading and a reminder before each call? Get updates by email.
This month
From Calm to Peace
As the new year begins, we look at the small thing that changes everything in the practice: intention.
Any pause can calm us. With a simple prayer of trust, calm opens into peace, and that peace deepens over months and years. Bring one sentence of intention with you.
“Assigning an intention to breath takes it from a biological experience to a spiritual one.”
I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn’t like the peace that this world can give. So don’t be worried or afraid.
What to expect
We breathe together.
A short poem, then ten conscious breaths.
We listen.
Jim Heaney and Jim Taylor open the month’s theme in conversation.
We share.
Small groups of three or four, one voice at a time, with no fixing or advising. Passing is always welcome.
Jim Heaney
Author of Choosing Presence
Jim Taylor
Pastor and weaver
Brian Mueller
Presence guide
Prepare for the gathering
Suggested reading: Choosing Presence, “An Explanation of Key Terms” (pp. xxix–xxx) and chapter 8, “We All Want Peace” (pp. 87–99). A short reading also arrives by email the week before the call.
The series: Presence Is the Doorway
Six monthly calls, November 2026 through April 2027, that follow one path: from presence, to encounter, to a changed life. Join for one or for all six.