{"id":133,"date":"2012-03-31T19:17:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T23:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/?p=133"},"modified":"2015-02-16T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T18:54:21","slug":"spiritual-refreshment-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/spiritual-refreshment-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Refreshment on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doing as much work in front of my computer as I do, I find it helpful at times to go to places on the web where I can find refreshment and renewal. Rather than frequent pilgrimages to news sites where the hype of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153breaking news\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is overdone, I find the sites offered below help me gain perspective and inspiration. They often lead to a reflective walk around the sanctuary or through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first places I like to go is <a href=\"http:\/\/paintedprayerbook.com\/\" title=\"The Painted Prayerbook\" target=\"_blank\">The Painted Prayerbook<\/a>, where United Methodist minister and artist Jan Richardson brings together writing, art, and faith in a way that leads to deep reflection and prayer. I am astounded by the volume and depth of the work she does.<\/p>\n<p>The United Church of Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucc.org\/feed-your-spirit\/daily-devotional\/\" title=\"UCC Daily Devotional\" target=\"_blank\">daily devotionals<\/a> can be received by email or accessed on the denomination\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website (you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need to scroll down and select the reading for the day when accessing online). True to the identity of the UCC, these reflections are inclusive and seek to respond to real-world concerns and questions. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativeoutreach.org\/\" title=\"Contemplative Outreach\" target=\"_blank\">Contemplative Outreach<\/a>, according to its vision statement, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is a community of individuals and Centering Prayer groups committed to living the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in everyday life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Father Thomas Keating, a guru of centering prayer, is one of the founding members. The articles, videos, and newsletters under the resources tab provide helpful reminders and practical advice about the practice of contemplative prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, for now, as a preacher I enjoy visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workingpreacher.org\/\" title=\"Working Preacher\" target=\"_blank\">WorkingPreacher<\/a>, where scholars comment on the texts prescribed for the week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lectionary. I believe anyone who wants to engage the Bible can gain much out of the insights offered by a range of commentators. In find the work of David Lose particularly insightful and very much enjoy his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153voice.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doing as much work in front of my computer as I do, I find it helpful at times to go to places on the web where I can find refreshment and renewal. Rather than frequent pilgrimages to news sites where the hype of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153breaking news\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is overdone, I find the sites offered below help me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,20,6,1],"tags":[43,45,41,44,42],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-meditation","category-prayer","category-uncategorized","tag-contemplation","tag-devotional","tag-internet","tag-online","tag-spiritual-practice","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesavides.com\/steven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}