Prayer Practices
VAUMC 2025
MEDITATION ON SCRIPTURE: Meditating on a scripture while walking
- Choose 1 or 2 verses: Psalms is a good place to start
- Write down the scripture to take with you.
- Ask the Holy Spirit for openness of heart and a clear mind.
- Read and walk.
- Ponder on the words.
- At the end of the walk, consider what you experienced. You may want to record it in a journal.
- Give thanks to God for this time together.
Resource for scriptures: lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu
Book Links:
Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life by Marjorie J. Thompson
Habits of a Child’s Heart: Raising Your Kids with the Spiritual Disciplines by Valerie E. Hess and Marti Watson Garlett.
Looking Inward, Living Outward: The Spiritual Practice of Social Transformation by Daniel Wolpert.
Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices by Daniel Wolpert.
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster.