Christians don’t need mysticism or quiet emptiness for the illumination that comes through repetition. When you think about the practice of meditation, what image comes to mind? Like many, you may ...

In a darkened worship center, illuminated by soft lights and the faint glow of candles, 35 people sit quietly in deep meditation. Eventually, the silence is broken by a monastic chant, accompanied by ...

There was a time, the Rev. Laurence Freeman says, when meditation was taboo in much of Christianity. "Protestants thought it was too Catholic, and Catholics thought it was too Protestant in that it ...

Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience April 28, the pope said ...

Speaking at his general audience April 28, the pope reflected on what distinguishes Christian meditation from other meditative practices popular in the Western world. He said: “For us Christians, ...

Hello and welcome to Compass. I'm Geraldine Doogue. Tonight, as a day of national mourning ends, we bring you a timely program that might help us deal with the painful shocks of the last week. After ...

Most Christians wouldn't call him a Christian, Cleveland Beach says. But he believes he's practicing the same faith of his South Carolina hometown and "country Baptist church." He believes "fully and ...

When it came to Sundays, Light Watkins and his four siblings--three brothers and a sister--had a typical Southern upbringing. They were in church, regularly, at Metropolitan United Methodist in ...