{"id":1434,"date":"2008-10-20T21:22:27","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T01:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T04:55:32","slug":"bible-belt-newspaper-argus-leader-eastern-meditation-practices-appeals-to-many-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/bible-belt-newspaper-argus-leader-eastern-meditation-practices-appeals-to-many-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Belt Newspaper (Argus Leader): Eastern Meditation Practices Appeals to Many Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Meditation: Silent practice appeals to many, including Christians&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Argus Leader<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like many churchgoers in the Bible Belt, Kristy Robinson teaches Sunday school with her husband and helps prepare Communion at their Episcopal church in Franklin, Tenn.<\/p>\n<p>She rounds out her church- and prayer-filled life with another spiritual practice that&#8217;s not quite as familiar: meditation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll see a difference in my day if I don&#8217;t,&#8221; says Robinson, who opens each day with 20 minutes of absolute silence.<\/p>\n<p>All the chanting and incense and &#8211; yikes &#8211; even meditation altars may seem too New Age and mystical for some, but meditation has gone mainstream and been embraced by suburban moms and busy people.<\/p>\n<p>Younger generations get an introduction in yoga classes, careerists escape on meditation retreats and boomers seek tranquility in meditation gardens. 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