Some Changes to the Prayer Guide
Over the next couple of months we're going to be experimenting with some changes to the prayer guide. Our goal is to help you to engage in prayer more consistently and in ways you might not have experienced before. For our next sermon series we're going to try connecting the prayer guide to the Sunday topics, but for this week we are going to suggest several apps that feature creative ways to pray.
There is no limit to the opportunities we can participate in through prayer. Some of these apps may be just what you've been looking for and some may not connect with you at all. No worries! Take what you like and leave the rest. Feel free to explore which of these apps invite you into a deeper relationship with God. We begin with one of our favorites.
Reimagining the Examen
Reimagining the Examen, is a fresh and customized prayer app inspired by St. Ignatius’s Examen, a practice that helps you review your day in the presence of God. With unique Examens tailored to your mood, needs, and situation, the app invites you to pray from where you are, wherever you are. With soothing music and step-by-step guidance, users are invited to quiet their thoughts, sense God's presence, and examine a grace filled moment, a particular encounter, a daily habit, an inner wound, or their relationship to God. The prayer guides can last a few minutes or as long as you are led to pray. You can choose from reflections that fit your current state of being, or select the day's allotted Examen.
Download the app for Apple here, or for Android here.