May 7th Centering Prayer Retreat, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Contemplative Outreach of Metropolitan Washington (COMW) invites you to this half-day morning retreat. The retreat is offered to those who may wish to deepen their current practice of Centering Prayer, experience extended prayer time in a retreat setting, reestablish their practice, and/or simply draw closer to God in silence. The retreat, at the First Baptist Church of Washington DC, is offered to individuals with a regular practice of Centering Prayer for at least three months, consist of:

  • Three 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer
  • Viewing a selection of the new DVD series from Fr. Thomas Keating: "Heartfulness: Transformation in Christ"

For more information or to RSVP contact Ron Barnett RLB@me.com.

"Lost" (Earth Day)

Lost 

 Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

 ~ David Wagoner ~

(Riverbed)