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LTRP Note:<\/strong> In view of our recent post on Albert Mohler<\/a> who promoted the book The Benedictine Option<\/em> (a book that encourages contemplative prayer practices), we are posting this article by Ray Yungen from his book A Time of Departing <\/em>so readers who are unfamiliar with the contemplative prayer movement can gain better understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Ray Yungen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the evangelical world, contemplative prayer is increasingly being promoted and accepted. As a result, it is losing its esoteric aspect and is now seen by many as the wave of the future. One can\u2019t help but notice the positive exposure it is getting in the Christian media these days. In Today\u2019s Christian Woman<\/em>, a popular and trusted Christian magazine, feature titles make the appeal to draw closer to God. The author of one such article says, \u201cLike a growing number of evangelicals, I\u2019ve turned to spiritual direction because I want to know God better.\u201d1 But without exception, every person she cites is a dedicated contemplative, one being Ruth Haley Barton, author of Invitation to Solitude and Silence<\/em>. Barton was trained at the Shalem Institute (founded by panentheist Tilden Edwards); and in fact, that organization was featured in the article as a resource for the reader. However, considering the content of many statements on the Shalem Institute website, how could Shalem even be listed as a resource for Christians? Listen to a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Christianity and other traditions that understand God to be present everywhere, contemplation includes a reverence for the Divine Mystery, \u201cfinding God in all things,\u201d or \u201cbeing open to God\u2019s presence, however it may appear.\u201d2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Thomas] Merton taught that there is only one way to develop this radical language of prayer: in silence.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rhythm of the group includes . . . chanting, two periods of sitting in silence separated by walking meditation, and a time for optional sharing.4<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In another magazine article, Ruth Haley Barton, who incidentally is the former Associate Director of Spiritual Formation at Willow Creek Community Church, echoes Southern Baptist-turned-goddess worshiper Sue Monk Kidd in many ways, including the general malaise or condition of the human soul. Barton recounts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few years ago, I began to recognize an inner chaos in my soul . . . No matter how much I prayed, read the Bible, and listened to good teaching, I could not calm the internal roar created by questions with no answers.5<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Ruth Haley Barton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The following scenario Barton relates could be the wave of the future for the evangelical church if this movement continues to unfold in the manner it already has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I sought out a spiritual director, someone well versed in the ways of the soul . . . eventually this wise woman said to me . . . \u201cWhat you need is stillness and silence so that the sediment can settle and the water can become clear.\u201d . . . I decided to accept this invitation to move beyond my addiction to words.6<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By \u201caddiction to words,\u201d she means normal ways of praying. She still uses words, but only three of them, \u201cHere I am.\u201d This is nothing other than the Cloud of Unknowing or the prayer of the heart.
\nLike Richard Foster, Barton argues that God cannot be reached adequately, if at all, without the silence. In referring to 1 Kings 19 when Elijah was hiding in a cave, Barton encourages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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God loves us enough to wait for us to come openly to Him. Elijah\u2019s experience shows that God doesn\u2019t scream to get our attention. Instead, we learn that our willingness to listen in silence opens up a quiet space in which we can hear His voice, a voice that longs to speak and offer us guidance for our next step.7<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What Barton fails to mention here is that Elijah was a valiant defender of the belief in the one, unique God\u2014Yahweh (as seen in his encounter with the 450 prophets of Baal), and he never went into an altered state of silence in his personal encounter with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barton is no longer teaching at Willow Creek. She left there to start the Transforming Center <\/a>and now teaches pastors and other Christian leaders spiritual formation. Hers is just one of many avenues through which contemplative prayer is creating a new kind of Christian, possibly the Christian of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endnotes:<\/strong>
\n1. Agnieszka Tennant, \u201cDrawing Closer to God\u201d(Today\u2019s Christian Woman<\/em>, September\/October 2004, Vol. 26, No. 5), p. 14. Published by Christianity Today International, Carol Stream, Illinois.
\n2. Shalem Institute, \u201cWhat Does Contemplative Mean?\u201d (Shalem Institute About Shalem page, http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050204190729\/http:\/\/shalem.org\/about.html#contemplative).
\n3. Ann Kline, \u201cA New Language of Prayer\u201d (Shalem Institute newsletter, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2005, http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060930230219\/http:\/\/www.shalem.org\/publication\/newsletter\/archives\/2005\/2005_winter\/article_04).
\n4. Shalem Institute website, General Events, \u201cRadical Prayer: A Simple Loving Presence Group\u201d (http:\/\/www.shalem.org\/programs\/generalprograms\/groupsevents_folder; no longer online\u2014on file at LT).
\n5. Ruth Haley Barton, \u201cBeyond Words, Issue #113, September\/October, 1999, http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060628075740\/http:\/\/www.navpress.com\/EPubs\/DisplayArticle\/1\/1.113.13.html), p. 35.
\n6. Ibid.
\n7. Ibid., pp. 37-38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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