Christian Meditation Podcast

  I am releasing this on Christmas eve. I imagine that today has been deficient in opportunities to sit and reflect. And probably a larger than average amount of rush. Dedicate these next 20 minutes to stillness and reflection on God's word. This is a time where you can dedicate to God.  We are going to be doing something a little differently. We are going to read long sections of the narrative of...

  Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation: Listen to the world around you. Sit quietly and hold your muscles gently. Leave your Body totally still. Instead of trying to control this moment just notice it. God has created every single spek of air entering your lungs. Your lungs have been perfectly designed to breathe this air. You feel it enter your body. You feel it interact in your lungs infusing t...

  Now is a great time for you to slow down. You've already decided to have this moment be peaceful. Everything else fades out of your life for these minutes. As you continue to practice relaxation, you feel it come quicker and easier. You don't need to force out any external noises. Anything you hear and feel is part of this moment now and just let it be what it is. Just let things progress natura...

  Feel your breathing. Feel the air coming into your body. Feel the air flow down past your chest all the way down to your stomach. Let the air coming into your body come and let it go. Feel your stomach slowly grow. Imagine that your stomach is a large balloon. Let it softly expand and deflate. Feel your breathing as it comes in and out. If you feel the need to do something let it pass. In this m...

    Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation: Stop. Listen. Notice your breath. Notice your body. Allow the rushing of thoughts to slow in your mind. Allow your focus to rest on your breathing. As you do this focus on allowing your breath to slow. Allow your focus to soften. There is no need for your to tense your focus. Allow it to rest gently on your slow and easy breath. One of the powerful aspect...

026   As a Hospice chaplain 026 Your Faith Has Made You Whole - A Guided Christian Meditation Podcast Luke 17:12-19 How to feel God's Peace.   I work as a Hospice Chaplain and having worked as an ICU chaplain in a busy hospital, my purpose in making this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and to be more open to be changed by the Spirit of God.   Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Medit...

  Stop. Listen. In your heard in this moment let these words resonate. Lord, here am I. Your servant is listening. As you do this you feel your breathing start to slow. As you invite air all the way down into your belly you feel a tingle of release in all your tense muscles. Feel this calm.     Bible verse for meditation: This scripture is in 1 John 1:8-10 KJV 8 If we say that we have no sin, we d...

  Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:     As you start to relax, resist the urge to force yourself to relax. Many times this is not successful. Instead focus on living in this moment that you have right now. Notice your body. As you pay attention to your breathing you are in a place to notice the work of God in bringing your heart peace. As Moses said to the people of Israel when they were stuc...

023 I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands - A Guided Christian Meditation Podcast on Isaiah 49:14-16 As a Hospice chaplain and having worked as an ICU chaplain in a busy hospital, my purpose in making this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and to be more open to be changed by the Spirit of God.   Outline : Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation, Visualizati...

  Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:     As we begin, focus your attention on the idea of a blessing? Bring all of your focus to this word as your breathing slowly begins to expand. Feel the gentle breath enter your body as you imagine this idea of a blessing. Allow your breath to go all the way down to your stomach. Count your breath out. As you breathe in count to 5 slowly, then gently pause...

Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:     As part of the meditation we will begin by starting with a relaxation. A powerful way to do that is to really connect with you body in some way. For this focusing and relaxing exercise I want you to pay close attention to your heart. Try and see if you can feel your heart beating. Notice it right now. Realize how you have almost never though about the bea...

  One way to bring your focus to scripture is not with a spirit of fight but with a spirit of peace. A very effective way to do this is to become curious about your current moment. As an example is to observe your thoughts, feelings, and body tension. Another way to help your mind to find its way to scripture is to breathe deeply. Breathe deeply and it will help you relax. If you relax then it wil...

As we prepare to consider the most important commandments that Jesus declared, let's take a moment to silence the distraction inside of us. Let's begin with a deep and relaxing breath. As you breathe in, feel all your muscles begin to unflex. You notice every part of your body and where it is. You feel where your body touches fabric and furniture. Allow that this moment causes you to create a spac...

Regardless of what is going on in your life, making time for decompressing and relaxing is amazingly healing and productive. This is our intent at the moment. Become aware of every muscle in your body. Which muscles are flexing? You begin to notice the muscles flexing in your abdomen that are helping you breathe. Perhaps you feel muscles in your back or neck that are tense. Allow the muscles in yo...

  Consider your breathing as you allow the distractions of the world to fade. With eyes closed and sitting comfortably, you let go of your need to control everything. As you sit in peace, you hear the gentle waves and your muscles begin to intense. Remember that one goal of approaching God in prayer is to submit to His will. By maintaining a demand for absolute control, many times we end up workin...

  Intro:  I find it an important distinction to separate the ideas of shame and humbly admitting our sin before God. Take a moment and reflect on the purpose God has in this scripture. Why does Jesus tell this story? Not only why does he tell it, but why does he want us to acknowledge our sinful nature? How is this feeling different from shame? Is it possible to reject shame while still embracing...

  Christians often experience conflict about anger. In, some ways we realize that is a natural human response. In other ways, we realize the damaging consequences of it. Some people wonder if Jesus really felt anger as he drove the moneychangers out of the temple, and if so, wouldn't that be a sin. Sometimes we try and justify our anger using this example.  The greatest danger of our anger is when...

This week, much of the United States was riveted by the appearance of a total solar eclipse. If you are fatigued on this topic please be patient with me as I feel it is relevant. I drove up to Idaho with my two kids, unfortunately my wife had to work. As the eclipse began, my kids were quite complacent.  Despite the fact that other people had told them of how amazing it would be, they were bored....

  F ear is a common emotion.  It is inevitable that we will all feel it. The bravest people are the one's that are able to experience the feeling of fear and still charge forward. It is false to suppose that people who do amazing and challenging things must be free of the debilitating feeling of fear.  Many of the things we do, sometimes more importantly, don't do are as a result of fear. As we go...

    Although not universally positive, children possess so many admirable traits.  When I watch my kids pray for others, forgive after disagreements, and most of all when I see their faith, I am moved. Children have an amazing capacity to love. As we learn to be in communion with the spirit of God, we are able to absorb and integrate the most positive traits of Children, while turning away from th...

  Have you ever tried to explain a spiritual experience to someone else?  It's hard. Our language is not powerful enough or perhaps not precise enough to do it justice.  Despite this deficiency, those who have experienced it, cannot deny the reality of this experience.  It is the core of the scriptures, human experience with God.  What is more amazing is that the Holy Spirit is offered to us.  We...

What do you have that is important?  What things do you hold of others that is valuable?  Maybe you know someone intimately well.  Maybe you know the full details of someone's life.  That knowledge is a kind of sacred trust.  What do you know from God that is sacred to you.  So sacred that you would not share it?  Do you have things that are so sacred that you must share them?  In what contexts do...

The great cry of our generation is to reduce the anxiety that overwhelms so many of us.  Many people try and find a mechanical solution.  They think that a set procedure can alleviate that.  Many people worry about the future or ruminate on things they have done wrong.  Although God has placed in us an amazing power within ourselves to find through practices like meditation, without the Help of Go...

How can we find more peace with God? It is unity with God and the power of relaxation he created in our bodies that can help us feel peace.  Through His spirit we can feel calm and reduce stress, worry, and anxiety. The most useful meditation that I have had is when I feel that all formal barriers are dropped between me and God.     Introduction: Get comfortable and take some time.  Dedicate 20 mi...

Many times we don't understand the work that God has for us.  We don't understand that the most important thing we can do in this life is to take care of each other.  Jesus responded that the two greatest commandments were to Love God and to Love our fellow human beings.  Without this love, we can do nothing of value in the world.  This week's episode will be a guided meditation on John 21:15-17....