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, March 20Body, Mind and Heart
- 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.
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This month
Body, Mind and Heart
On the eve of Holy Week, we ask how the whole person (body, mind and heart) comes into the present moment.
A still body is a beginning, not the whole. We don’t escape the mind; we make it contemplative, and let a surrendered heart lead.
“The access point is not our head, but our heart.”
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
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, chapter 4, “Accessing Presence” (pp. 39–45). 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.
- 1Nov 21Presence Is the Doorway
- 2Dec 19Not What We Do, but What Is Done to Us
- 3Jan 16From Calm to Peace
- 4Feb 20Setting Down the Backpack
- 5Mar 20Body, Mind and HeartThis month
- 6Apr 17Your Life Becomes the Test