Details
Facilitated by
Chris La Rue, Ed Ewbank, & MaryBeth Ingram
Date/Time
Wednesdays | 10:00-10:45 am ET | 12 weeks | July 1 - September 30
Cost
Free to Members |Donation Encouraged
Location
Zoom | Online
About the Class
Domains
Description
“God just is—without any limitation. And the way to connect with this “Is-ness” is to just be, too." - Fr. Thomas Keating
Centering Prayer has emerged as a pioneering development within the Christian contemplative tradition, with groups practicing regularly around the globe. A group at the Hive has convened to support each other in this practice by gathering online weekly for discussion and silent time for Centering Prayer practice. This group is convened by Chris La Rue, with hosting support from MaryBeth Ingram and Ed Ewbank.
Our time will be split between a deep reading of a poem or text (inspired by the monastic practice of lectio divina) and 20 minutes of shared, silent-centering prayer practice.
New to Centering Prayer? Because this is a practice group– rather than a class– independent research into the Centering Prayer method is encouraged before attending. Click here to learn more about the practice, and/or email Chris La Rue to request additional resources or ask questions: chris@cincyhive.org.
Registration is free– and drop-ins are welcome!
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
MaryBeth Ingram
embraces the faith, and doubt, journey. She's been curious about many spiritual traditions and is active in learning about a broad spectrum of beliefs and practices. She has helped facilitate The Hive's Centering Prayer program for several years and believes it's among the many practices that open the heart and mind to wisdom, compassion, and love. Certified in Samatha Vipassana meditation, she incorporates both to live with as much presence and awareness as possible. She adds that many days she fails at both presence and awareness! But without these practices to return to, the journey would be adrift.
Chris La Rue
is the Executive Director of The Hive. A graduate student in theology at Xavier University, Chris is passionate about conducting rigorous dialogue with his Christian lineage, seeking to excavate the gifts the tradition may have to offer for the common good. Public theology and the role of spirituality in modern times are his primary fields of study. Chris has been a practitioner of Centering Prayer for several years, and finds that practice groups like this are vital to maintaining a contemplative rhythm in his life.
Ed Ewbank
A long time Hive member, Ed is a retired engineer with an MA in Theology and is a sendee of The Center for Action and Contemplation's Living School. It was at the Living School where Ed first began to understand what it meant to follow a mystical path. Ed has previously facilitated classes at the Hive on integral consciousness and the mysticism of Meister Eckhart.