by Marcia Montenegro | Jun 18, 2026 | Contemplative Prayer, Desert Fathers, John Mark Comer, M. Basil Pennington, Mindfulness, mysticism, Panentheism, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Thomas Keating, William Meninger
There is often a conflation of mysticism with Christianity and with the Bible, so that many believe that Christianity is mystical, or that the Bible speaks of mystical events. Is this the case? And what is mysticism anyway? The reason this question is important is due...
by Stephanie A Potts | May 14, 2026 | Contemplative Prayer, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Enneagram, John Mark Comer, mysticism, Richard Rohr, Roman Catholic, Salvation
A friend of mine, who claims to be Christian and yet is a Democratic Socialist, attends the downtown Nashville location of Church Of The City (COTC). Matt Smallbone, of the legendary Smallbone Family, is the pastor of this church, so I was particularly interested in...
by Don and Joy Veinot | May 7, 2026 | Benny Hinn, Bethel Church, Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Heretics, Hinduism, John Mark Comer, Kenneth Copeland, Mindfulness, NAR, New Age, New Apostles and Prophets, Richard Rohr, Ruth Haley Barton, Suzanne Stabile
In 1971, the Temptations recorded a rather long (more than 12-minutes) rendition of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong’s song, “Smiling Faces Sometimes,” for Motown. The same year, Norman Whitfield produced a version of the song edited down to about 3:20, performed...
by Stephanie A Potts | Apr 16, 2026 | Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Eastern Mysticism, False Teacher, Human Potential Movement, Meditation, Mindfulness, New Apostles and Prophets, New Thought, Occult, Occultism, Richard Rohr
My church recently read The Biblio Diet, by Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe, for our church book club. While I fully support living a healthy lifestyle, my radar goes up anytime I see someone trying to use scripture to support their research into healthy ways of living....
by Marcia Montenegro | Feb 5, 2026 | Aceticism, Channeling, Contemplative Prayer, Demons, Desert Fathers, Henry Nouwen, Mindfulness, mysticism, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Roman Catholicism, Ruth Haley Barton, Self deceived, Thomas Keating, William Meninger
Interest in the ancient mystics and ascetics has grown among evangelicals over the past quarter-century. Last week, we began this journey into that past with “Part 1: The Desert Fathers and Mothers: A Model for Christians?” Next up in Part 2… John Climacus and the...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jan 29, 2026 | Aceticism, Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, Desert Fathers, Richard Rohr, Self deceived
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing fascination and interest in the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Somehow their mysticism and asceticism seems somehow more spiritual than we see in the church today. The Apostle Paul addressed this in the first century in...
