{"id":6260,"date":"2011-04-20T12:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:26:17","slug":"navpress-navigators-continues-push-for-contemplative-prayer-for-kids-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/navpress-navigators-continues-push-for-contemplative-prayer-for-kids-too\/","title":{"rendered":"NavPress (Navigators) Continues Push for Contemplative Prayer . . .  for Kids Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/links.mkt1665.com\/servlet\/MailView?ms=MzY1MTk5NzQS1&amp;r=MzE3NDM1NzQ4MwS2&amp;j=OTk0MzE3NjkS1&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\">April 2011 issue of <em>Pray<\/em>!<\/a>, the online magazine&nbsp;of NavPress, the organization is still promoting contemplative prayer. In 2005,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/newsletterjuly.htm?zoom_highlight=navpress#article4\"> Lighthouse Trails informed <\/a>readers that NavPress (part of the long-standing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navigators.org\/us\/\">Navigators<\/a>)&nbsp; &#8220;has become a leading publisher for contemplative spirituality books&#8221; such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.drblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navpress.com%2FStore%2FProduct%2F1576831132.html\">When the Soul Listens <\/a>by Jan Johnson, Dallas Willard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.erblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navpress.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct.asp%3Fsku%3D1576832864\">Soul Guide <\/a>by Dr. Bruce Demarest\/Henri Nouwen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.frblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navpress.com%2FStore%2FProduct%2F1576832961.html\">Renovation of the Heart <\/a>by Dallas Willard, endorsed by <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.yi4zf4aab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lighthousetrailsresearch.com%2Fdankimball.htm\">Dan Kimball<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.grblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navpress.com%2FBibleProducts%2F\">The Message &#8220;bible&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.4n76b9aab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lighthousetrailsresearch.com%2Fthemessage.htm\">Eugene Peterson<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.hrblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2Ftg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0891099018%2Fqid%3D1119639120%2Fsr%3D8-4%2Fref%3Dpd_ka_1%2F102-5214644-9161717%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks%26n%3D507846\">Meditative Prayer: Entering God&#8217;s Presence<\/a> by Richard Peace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=epd9cibab.0.irblwlbab.r49t9yaab.1&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1576833348%2Fqid%3D1119639637%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%2F102-5214644-9161717\">Abba&#8217;s Child <\/a>by Brennan Manning \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;April issue of <em>Pray!<\/em>shows&nbsp;solid signs&nbsp;that NavPress is still advocating contemplative spirituality. For example, there is an article by contemplative Tricia Rhodes.&nbsp;Rhodes&#8217; book, <em>The Soul at Rest<\/em>, &#8220;introduces a step-by-step journey of learning contemplative prayer.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/replay.waybackmachine.org\/20080226141952\/http:\/\/www.pastors.com\/RWMT\/?ID=118\">1<\/a>&nbsp;In that book, Rhodes says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take deep breaths, concentrating on relaxing your body. Establish a slow, rhythmic pattern. Breathe in God\u2019s peace, and breathe out your stresses, distractions, and fears. Breathe in God\u2019s love, forgiveness, and compassion, and breathe out your sins, failures, and frustrations. Make every effort to &#8220;stop the flow of talking going on within you\u2014to slow it down until it comes to a halt.&#8221; (p. 28) (also see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/breathprayer.htm\">our research <\/a>on &#8220;breath prayers.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this quote, Rhodes is quoting Episcopalian priest Morton Kelsey. To &#8220;stop the flow of talking going on within you&#8221; is classic mystical prayer. This inner&nbsp;stillness of the mind&nbsp;that is sought by the mystic is different than an outer quietness, such as sitting by a stream or&nbsp;turning off the television and radio. One cannot naturally turn off thoughts, and since thoughts are the enemy of mysticism, so to speak, they must be turned off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with many contemplative figures, Kelsey has come to believe in a panentheist (God in all) view of God. As Ray Yungen points out in<em> A Time of Departing<\/em>, Morton Kelsey (whom Rhodes quotes from his book, <em>The Other Side of Silence)<\/em>, states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find most of the New Age practices in the depth of Christianity . . . I believe that the Holy One lives in every soul. (&#8220;In the Spirit of the Early Christians,&#8221; <em>Common Boundary<\/em> magazine, Jan.\/Feb. 1992, p. 19)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelsey&#8217;s book is a primer on eastern-style mysticism. For Rhodes to quote him clearly shows her resonance for his contemplative spirituality. Nine years after Rhodes wrote<em> The Soul at Rest<\/em>, she wrote another contemplative-promoting\u00a0book, <em>Sacred Chaos<\/em> (2008),\u00a0with a foreword by\u00a0popular\u00a0contemplative author Gary Thomas. In Thomas&#8217; own book, <em>Sacred Pathways<\/em>, he tells readers to repeat a word for 20 minutes in order to draw near to God (p. 185). Thomas suggests repeating words like &#8220;Jesus&#8221; or &#8220;Father&#8221;; however, doing this would be no different than what is done in eastern meditation. How sad that popular ministries such as Focus on the Family, Calvary Chapel, and Rick Warren have promoted Thomas&#8217; writings (even after they\u00a0were\u00a0made aware of\u00a0what he said in <em>Sacred Pathways<\/em> &#8211; Lighthouse Trails contacted both Focus on the Family\u00a0and Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith and discussed Thomas&#8217; books on different occasions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back to NavPress. Also in the April issue of <em>Pray!<\/em> is an announcement about a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150530012721\/http:\/\/www.gleneyrie.org:80\/deeper\">&#8220;Deeper&#8221;prayer &nbsp;retreat <\/a>with <em>Pray!<\/em>editor Cynthia Bezek. In a link to an interview with Bezek, she tells readers that she turns to people like Henri Nouwen to &#8220;stimulate [her] conversations with God.<a href=\"http:\/\/prayingpastorblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/innerview-66-transforming-power-of.html\">2<\/a>&nbsp; While it states on NavPress&#8217; website that this prayer retreat is only for those 18 years and older, don&#8217;t be mistaken in thinking that NavPress doesn&#8217;t push contemplative for kids too. They also publish a magazine called <em>PrayKids!.<\/em> Issue #25 titled &#8220;Contemplative Prayer&#8221; states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contemplative prayer is a form of meditative prayer that focuses on communing with God. &nbsp;Although sometimes confused with its Eastern (and non-Christian) counterpart, true Christian meditation has been practiced since Bible times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;This issue of <em>Pray<\/em>Kids!<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> helps kids learn to slow down their fast-paced lives long enough to experience a meaningful relational encounter with their Heavenly Father.<a href=\"http:\/\/replay.waybackmachine.org\/20071011155332\/http:\/\/navpress.com\/Store\/Product\/49.html\">3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a reason that contemplatives often give a disclaimer that contemplative prayer isn&#8217;t the same as eastern meditation &#8211; it&#8217;s because it is done the very same way. Their reasoning is that if the intent is good then it doesn&#8217;t matter about the method. But as Ray Yungen points out, if you jump off a building and say fly,fly, fly, you are going to get the same results as if you said fall, fall, fall. (<em>ATOD<\/em>, p. 86).&nbsp;Good intentions isn&#8217;t a safeguard against deception. Mantra-type meditation brings about an induced altered state that&nbsp;leads the practitioner into demonic realms . . .&nbsp; regardless of the word that is repeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the feature article in the April issue of <em>Pray!,<\/em>&#8220;Empowering Kids to Pray,&#8221; Cynthia Bezek references Canadian Brad Jersak.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jersak is a strong proponent of contemplative spirituality. His book, <em>Stricken by God <\/em>(endorsed by emergent leader Brian McLaren) is a compilation of essays by various authors. Two of those authors are Richard Rohr and Marcus Borg. Borg, a mystic proponent, rejects basic foundational tenets of Christian doctrine (such as the virgin birth of Christ), and Rohr is a panentheist who wrote the foreword to a 2007 book called <em>How Big is Your God?<\/em>by Jesuit priest (from India) Paul Coutinho. In Coutinho\u2019s book, he describes an interspiritual community where people of all religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity) worship the same God. Cynthia Bezek&#8217;s favorable reference to Jersak speaks volumes about NavPress&#8217; dangerous fall away from biblical truth through their embracing of contemplative spirituality. And considering that they have a publication specifically for children to learn contemplative prayer is very troubling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of NavPress&#8217; view toward contemplative\/emerging spirituality are countless. They also produce the <em>Discipleship Journal<\/em>, which has been addressed in several Lighthouse Trails articles because of its propensity toward the contemplative\/emerging. And NavPress&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131111232849\/http:\/\/www.navpress.com\/landing\/authors.aspx\"> publishing arm includes&nbsp;numerous contemplative authors <\/a>such as: Brennan Manning, Elisa Morgan (M.O.P.S), Bill Hull, Catholic convert Jay&nbsp; Budziszewski, Michael Card, David Crowder,&nbsp;J.P. Moreland, Gary Thomas, Eugene Peterson, Jan Johnson,&nbsp;Dallas Willard, and emerging figure Tony Jones (use our search engine to find research on these names).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few could argue that NavPress has had a lot of influence in the direction that much of the Christian church has gone with regard to spiritual formation (i.e. contemplative spirituality) over the last couple decades. The names listed above are some of the most popular authors on the market today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the books listed on\u00a0NavPress&#8217; Best-Selling list is Brennan Manning&#8217;s book, <em>Abba Child<\/em>. Manning is a devout admirer of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20031005095003\/http:\/\/wie.org\/j21\/bruteau.asp?page=2\">Beatrice Bruteau<\/a>, founder\u00a0of The School for Contemplation. Bruteau believes that God lives in all creation, stating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have realized ourselves as the Self that says only I AM, with no predicate following, not \u201cI am a this\u201d or \u201cI have that quality.\u201d Only unlimited, absolute I AM. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enlightennext.org\/magazine\/j34\/bruteau.asp\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet in <em>Abba\u2019s Child<\/em>, Manning says that Bruteau is a \u201ctrustworthy guide to contemplative consciousness.\u201d Manning, whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/newslettermarch06.htm#article2\">view of the Cross<\/a>&nbsp;is very similar to that of Brian McLaren, states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[T]he first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as \u201cAbba, I belong to you. . . .&nbsp;Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When distractions come, \u2026 simply return to listening to your sacred word. . . .&nbsp;[G]ently return [your mind] to your sacred word. (<em>The Signature of Jesus<\/em>, Manning, pp. 212-218)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the back of<em>&nbsp;Ragamuffin Gospel<\/em>, Manning makes reference to Basil Pennington saying that Pennington\u2019s methods will provide us with \u201ca way of praying that leads to a deep living relationship with God.\u201d However, Pennington\u2019s methods of prayer draw from Eastern religions. In his book, <em>Finding Grace at the Center<\/em>, Pennington says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We should not hesitate to take the fruit of the age-old wisdom of the East and \u201ccapture\u201d it for Christ. Indeed, those of us who are in ministry should make the necessary effort to acquaint ourselves with as many of these Eastern techniques as possible. Many Christians who take their prayer life seriously have been greatly helped by Yoga, Zen, TM and similar practices. (from <em>A Time of Departing<\/em>, 2nd ed., p.64)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, one of the most popular women&#8217;s Bible study teachers, Beth Moore, says that Brennan Manning&#8217;s&nbsp;&nbsp;contribution to \u201cour generation of believers may be a gift without parallel\u201d (<em>When Godly People Do Ungodly Things<\/em>, p. 72).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1444\">4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is apparent that NavPress would&nbsp;share Ms. Moore&#8217;s sentiments about Brennan Manning. But&nbsp;is the contribution that&nbsp;Manning and these other contemplatives&nbsp;offer really a &#8220;gift&#8221; to the Christian church? We think not; on the contrary they are bringing to the church a panenthestic, mystical spirituality that&nbsp;by its very nature&nbsp;negates the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, NavPress hopes to bring this not only to adults but to children as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the April 2011&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17,822,29],"tags":[32,2916,73,652,30,31],"class_list":["post-6260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualformation","category-children-at-risk","category-concerns-for-calvary-chapel","category-contemplative-spirituality","tag-henri-nouwen","tag-contemplative-spirituality","tag-spiritual-formation","tag-navpress","tag-contemplative-prayer","tag-mysticism","wpcat-1-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-822-id","wpcat-29-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NavPress (Navigators) Continues Push for Contemplative Prayer . . . for Kids Too! 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