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Present Contemplation

This is the technique we are recommending as the 'Gold Standard' to dealing with problematic worry that is free-floating or unsolvable. The first article below tells you more about this. Other articles on this page give you more information about related topics such as mindfulness and meditation and watchfulness.

The concept of Present Contemplation
This a a fantastic technique to use when struggling with floating worries and troubling thougts. Based on the biblical model of watchful prayer it is a powerful tool in your armoury. More ...
Will Van Der Hart
The Contemplative Self
MUCH OF today’s worship and prayer seems to be a closed system which does not allow for the validity of silence and solitude. I have been in that place myself where people told me silence and solitude were important... More ...
Shaun Lambert
Mindfulness and CBT
Mindfulness is a core component of the so-called 'Third Wave' of CBT. Can it be integrated into a Christian Context? More ...
Sarah Plum
Mindfulness for Christians
Mindfulness has a bad press in Christian circles, with many people thinking it to be somehow Buddhist or occult. However, it is a powerful way to deal with stress and in particular recurrent depression - about which there is a growing More ...
Phil Monroe
Finding Hope and Meaning In Suffering
Everyone suffers at some time or other - it's simply a part of life. But however bad things seem, we are never completely helpless. Trystan Owain Hughes suggests that learning how to suffer and how to wait patiently may be the secret of finding joy. More ...
Trystan Owain Hughes

 

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