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LECTIO DIVINA – What it is, What it is not, and Should Christians Practice it?

February 25, 2020 by Lighthouse Trails Editors 7 Comments

There’s a lot of talk about it today; umpteen books are published and more are on the way about lectio divina; and an increasing number of evangelical/Protestant figures are writing about it, endorsing it, and teaching it. Some people think lectio divina simply means to read a passage of Scripture slowly (or “praying the Scriptures”) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Lectio Divina Tagged: anthony de mello, contemplative prayer, eastern religion, lectio divina, mantras, mark yaconelli, meditation, monasteries, monks, mystics, New Age movement, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, Thomas Keating, Thomas Merton

The Cloud of Unknowing – “Take a little word, and repeat it.”

January 18, 2019 by Lighthouse Trails author 3 Comments

The Cloud of Unknowing, written by an anonymous monk, has passed under the radar of many church libraries,  Christian bookstores, and theological seminaries and colleges. But this book is a primer on mystical contemplative spirituality. Check your church library and see if this book is sitting on the shelves. by Ray Yungen To my dismay, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, The Role of Meditation Tagged: cloud of unknowing, john of the cross, julian of norwich, mantras, meister eckhart, Ray Yungen, Teresa of Avila, willigis jager

What Your Church Needs to Know Before Doing a Priscilla Shirer Study

June 2, 2017 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The repetition [of a word or phrase] can in fact be soothing and very freeing, helping us, as Nouwen says, “to empty out our crowded interior life and create the quiet space where we can dwell with God.”—Jan Johnson, When the Soul Listens, p. 93 Years ago, I got a chance to meet Jan Johnson. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality, Interspirituality, Lectio Divina, Mystical Practices, pantheism & panentheism, Priscilla Shirer, Spiritual Deception Tagged: A Time of Departing, chardin, cloud of unknowing, contemplative prayer, Interspirituality, jan johnson, lectio divina, mantras, matthew fox, meditation, panentheism, pierre teilhard de chardin, priscilla shirer, Ray Yungen, richard rohr

NEW BOOKLET: Meditation! Pathway to Wellness or Doorway to the Occult?

January 19, 2016 by Lighthouse Trails author

NEW BOOKLET: Meditation! Pathway to Wellness or Doorway to the Occult? by Ray Yungen is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet.  The Booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Health, Mystical Practices, RESOURCES, The Role of Meditation Tagged: Buddhism, health, Hinduism, john randolph price, Ken Wilber, mantras, mayo clinic, meditation, mysticism, New Age, occult, Ray Yungen, spirit guides, spiritual deception, stress management, Taoism, wellness, Yoga

NEW BOOKLET: Is Your Church Doing Spiritual Formation? (Important Reasons Why It Shouldn’t)

October 2, 2014 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Is Your Church Doing Spiritual Formation? (Important Reasons Why it Shouldn’t)  by  the editors at Lighthouse Trails is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklets. The Booklet is 16 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Book/Music Excerpts, Christian Publishers/Bookstores, Churches in Crisis!, Contemplative Churches, Contemplative Spirituality, InterVarsity Press, Lectio Divina, Publishing News, RESOURCES, Spiritual Formation, The Role of Meditation Tagged: booklet tract, chuck swindoll, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, donald whitney, Henri Nouwen, intervarsity, intervarsity christian fellowship, intervarsity press, mantras, meditation, mysticism, Ray Yungen, renovare, Rick Warren, Roger Oakland, ruth haley barton, silence, spiritual deception, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, The Emerging Church, Thomas Merton

Baylor University Professors Using Meditation and Mantras to “Help” Students

April 21, 2014 by Miscellaneous News Source

This just sent to us from a Lighthouse Trails reader. We have written about Baylor University over the years and watched their move in the contemplative/emerging direction. This news story from the Waco Tribune-Herald online paper confirms what is happening at Baylor (and incidentally is happening in Christian schools across North America). “Baylor professors using … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Colleges, Contemplative Practices Tagged: baylor, baylor university, Christian colleges, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, mantras, meditation, mysticism, New Age

Dangerous Prayers

December 7, 2013 by A Ministry in His Service

by Paul Proctor (Free-lance writer; used with permission) Mindless mantras are an abomination to God I once came across a video clip that was taken from a popular television talk show called The View, where liberal former co-host of the show, Joy Behar and conservative former co-host, Elizabeth Hasselbeck got into a heated on-air argument about … [Read more…]

Posted in: A Global Spirituality, Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: contemplative prayer, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, joy behar, mantra meditation, mantras, Paul Proctor, prayer, proctor, spiritual formation

Walk to Emmaus – A Walk to Contemplative Spirituality

August 19, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The Walk to Emmaus is a program put on by Upper Room Ministries. Upper Room promotes Spiritual Formation (i.e., contemplative spirituality), and if you want to understand the dynamics of Walk to Emmaus, then understanding the spirituality of Upper Room will help you: “The Walk to Emmaus is an adaptation of the Roman Catholic Cursillo … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Contemplative Spirituality Tagged: Contemplative Spirituality, cursillo movement, mantras, meditation, tres dias, upper room, walk to emmaus

Lectio Divina: What it is, What it is Not, and Why It is a Dangerous Practice

August 29, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Lectio Divina – There’s a lot of talk about it today; umpteen books are published and more are on the way about lectio divina; and an increasing number of evangelical/Protestant figures are writing about it, endorsing it, and teaching it. Some people think lectio divina simply means to read a passage of Scripture slowly (or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Practices, Mystical Practices Tagged: A Time of Departing, anthony de mello, Breath prayers, Christian leaders, contemplative, contemplative prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, divine reading, estern religion, Hinduism, lectio divina, mantra meditation, mantras, meditation, mysticism, praying the Scriptures, Ray Yungen, Richard Foster, the silence, Thomas Keating

What is Meditation?

January 7, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

by Ray Yungen  What exactly is meditation? The meditation many of us are familiar with involves a deep, continuous thinking about something. But New Age meditation does just the opposite. It involves ridding oneself of all thoughts in order to “still” the mind by putting it in pause or neutral. An analogy would be turning … [Read more…]

Posted in: The Role of Meditation Tagged: altered states of consciousness, for many shall come in my name, mantras, meditation, mysticism, New Age movement, Ray Yungen

Letter to the Editor: Our North Carolina Churches and Christian Schools Turning to the “New” Spirituality

July 18, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Greetings Lighthouse Trails:  While ordering DVD’s and books today, my wife and I were reminded how much we depend on you for quality helps as we watch churches and schools submit and succumb to the “New Spirituality” invasion. You provide superb materials that we use regularly. I only wish there were others who would buy … [Read more…]

Posted in: Contemplative Churches, Spiritual Formation Tagged: labyrinths, mantras, new spirituality, north carolina

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  • “That in Me Ye Might Have Peace” March 26, 2023
  • Exposés on Bible Projects’ Tim Mackie Reveal Emergent Beliefs on the Atonement and Promotion of the New Age Practice: Contemplative Prayer March 24, 2023
  • Press Release From 4 Winds USA: “World Athletics (Track and Field) Drop Transgender Athletes” March 24, 2023
  • “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism March 16, 2023
  • Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children March 15, 2023

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  • “That in Me Ye Might Have Peace”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 26, 2023 at 1:11 pm

    “That in Me Ye Might Have Peace” By Harry Ironside That in me ye might have peace. (John 16:33) How long it takes many of us to learn that peace is found in Christ alone. We seek for it everywhere else, but seek in vain, until at last, disappointed, disheartened, and distressed in soul, we come to the Lord Jesus, and lo, at ... [Read more...] The post “That in Me Ye Might Have Peace” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Exposés on Bible Projects’ Tim Mackie Reveal Emergent Beliefs on the Atonement and Promotion of the New Age Practice: Contemplative Prayer
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 24, 2023 at 1:57 pm

    Exposés on Bible Projects’ Tim Mackie Reveal Emergent Beliefs on the Atonement and Promotion of the New Age Practice: Contemplative Prayer We want to bring our readers’ attention to numerous reports presented by John Lanagan, the director of The Word Like Fire blog. The reports are documented exposés on the co-founder of the highly popular Bible Project, Tim Mackie. The Bible Project began in 2014 and was created by Tim Mackie and his friend Jonathan Collins. ... [Read more...] The post Exposés on Bible Projects’ Tim Mackie Reveal Emergent Beliefs on the Atonement and Promotion of the New Age Practice: Contemplative Prayer appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Press Release From 4 Winds USA: “World Athletics (Track and Field) Drop Transgender Athletes”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 24, 2023 at 12:35 pm

    Press Release From 4 Winds USA: “World Athletics (Track and Field) Drop Transgender Athletes” LTRJ Note: The following news release from 4 Winds USA is posted for informational and research purposes. Press Release by 4 Winds USA World Athletics (Track and Field) [track and field’s governing body] has banned transgender athletes. Additionally, they decided that intersex athletes will have to keep their testosterone levels under 2.5 nanomoles for at ... [Read more...] The post Press Release From 4 Winds USA: “World Athletics (Track and Field) Drop Transgender Athletes” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 16, 2023 at 2:25 am

    “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism LTRP Note: The following is a response to our recent post, “Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory.” By L.B.S. (Canada) To me, as a former Catholic, Calvinism is just a “protestant” form of Catholicism.  Catholicism has the pope as the final authority—Calvinism has John Calvin to define and direct the supposed ... [Read more...] The post “Finding the Antidote for Deception”: A Response to the Recent Lighthouse Trails Post on Calvinism appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 15, 2023 at 1:28 pm

    Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children Lighthouse Trails has been covering the story of Canadian father Rob Hoogland since first learning about it in 2020 (see links below). Below is a recent interview coming out of Canada. Because of Canadian laws and a gag order against Mr. Hoogland publicly speaking up, you will not hear his name mentioned or his face ... [Read more...] The post Rob Hoogland, Jailed Canadian Father, Continues Speaking Up Against Transitioning Operations on Children appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 12, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves March 13th Update: Thank you to all the people who responded to this special request for Kevin Reeves through donations and also through those saying they were praying for him. Today, Kevin wrote a beautiful letter to all of us and brought us into his heart and life during this time. If you would like ... [Read more...] The post Special Request for Lighthouse Trails Author, Kevin Reeves appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 11, 2023 at 1:59 pm

    Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory In 2018, Lighthouse Trails published Bob Kirkland’s book Calvinism: None Dare Call It Heresy. Over the last number of years, the editors at Lighthouse Trails have grown increasingly troubled and dismayed to see how Calvinism has and continues to infiltrate today’s Christian churches, ministries, and colleges. If you do not understand what Calvinism really teaches, it ... [Read more...] The post Calvinism: Changing the Meaning of Words to Promote a Theory appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City”
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 10, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. Lighthouse Trails is a research ministry and does at times post articles by secular news sources to bring to light to events happening in our world. Regardless of whether the source of our material is secular, Christian, or religious, we encourage our readers to ... [Read more...] The post “Walmart’s Exodus From Portland Draws Attention to Retail Crime and a Troubled City” appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values?
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 6, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? “The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will be nothing.”—mystic Karl Rahner With the Asbury “revival” spreading into various other colleges and universities (and even churches), and with so much talk about revival today, one question that needs to be asked is, what kind of Christian will the majority of today’s ... [Read more...] The post Will “Revival” in Christian Colleges Bring About a Generation of Mystics — With “Woke,” Not Biblical, Values? appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

  • Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day
    by Lighthouse Trails Editors on March 3, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day By Maria Kneas And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:8) I know something about fighting fear because I’ve had a problem with fear all of my life. My dad was sent home ... [Read more...] The post Fighting Fear in a Fearful Day appeared first on Lighthouse Trails Research Project.

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