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March 8, 2026 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Spiritual Discipline: Contemplation
Contemplation is to wake up to the presence of God in all things (2 Cor. 4:18). We are hasty people bent on experiencing as much of life as we can. The faster we move, the more we can see, do, and produce. The more we network, the more options will be ours. The more options, the more living we can do. For many of us the very notion of slowing down or saying no to an option is repugnant. We crowd our schedules and run late, but at least we are getting our money’s worth. In a world where people anchor their identity on the shifting seas of performance and accomplishments, contemplation seems inefficient and too unproductive for the daily grind.
But it is contemplation, not just having experiences, that truly opens us wide to life. Experiences can be lost to us in the mad rush to simply accumulate more. Contemplation invites us to enter into the moment with a heart alive to whatever might happen. It is not just thinking about or analyzing an event or person. Contemplation asks us to see with faith, hope, and love. It asks us to seek God and the “meanings” threaded through our days and years, so that our experience of being embedded in the triune life of God deepens and grows.
Contemplative people believe God may be found and reverenced if one is prepared to notice how marvelously mysterious and personal life in this world is. Knowing God or another human completely will always be beyond what we can know. But through contemplation, intimacy with God and others can grow. Gazing on God, our neighbor or the created order with faith, hope, and love can increase our awareness and experience of both. Contemplation can lead us out of ourselves and into realities of which we only skimmed the surface before.
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We meet together regularly on Sunday mornings. We would love to have you join us!
We have bible classes for all ages at 10:00 a.m. Following classes, we meet together as a church family at 11:00 a.m. for worship services.
On the first Sunday of the month we enjoy a potluck meal together following worship service.
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