[Magdalen] Baptism question

[Marion Thompson]

I honestly believe that centering prayer is not one-size-fits-all.  I was at the weekly session this afternoon and as usual slept through most of it.  Perhaps to meditate on the icon would be better than emptying the mind!

Marion, a pilgrim

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From: ME Michaud
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 6:12 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Baptism question

When I went to "Buddhist class,"
when asked, I said I was a practicing Christian and expected to remain one.
The teacher smiled and shrugged and said that would never be a problem.

I told a nun friend once that I'd struggled & struggled with Centering
Prayer
and the Buddhists had taught me in just a few weeks.
"Who knew it was a teachable skill?" I exclaimed.
And she laughed.

I will always be grateful to that teacher.
-M


On Thursday, April 11, 2019, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have friends who consider themselves to be Buddhist and Episcopalian or
> Quaker and Episcopalian, and if I had stayed in DC, I would have joined the
> ecumenical Church of the Saviour, where I had been worshiping on Monday
> evenings for about five years and had preached and celebrated. There was no
> conflict, and many of their members belonged to, or were clergy in,
> mainline denominations. My bishop was fine with it.
>
>