Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

Who’s Your Favorite Christian Mystic? (And an exciting new book)

The Spiritual Practices I Do Not Know

How to Be a Writer

The mystery of Fr Jacques Hamel’s final words

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

Something to Learn from the Last Generation Before the Internet

Three Weeks After My Book Is Published (It’s no secret that I appreciate the writing of D. L. Mayfield)

The Spiritual Practice of Writing a Book

Father Thomas Keating on the Meaning of Life (Hint: It doesn’t come naturally!)

From Ed’s blog: When Do Christian Books Cause Too Much Damage?

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

Nurturing Craft in an Age of Content (A Fantastic Interview with Author D.L. Mayfield)

The Magic of Early Mornings (Wake up early = Less stress)

Without Smartphones, Productivity Increased 26%

A Journey into the Social Media Lives of Teens

What Happened When a Company Adopted a 5-Hour Work Day

Book Discount: Pray, Write, Grow: Cultivating Prayer and Writing Together is $.99 on Kindle

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

Hiking Actually Changes Your Brain

Gratitude Changes Your Brain (How about a gratitude hike???)

The Rebel Virgins and Desert Mothers Who Have Been Written Out of Christianity’s Early History (Prepare to have your mind blown)

A Daily Exercise that Can Revolutionize Your Writing… and Prayer (My guest post for Jane Friedman)

Why the 8-Hour Work Week Doesn’t Work

Lessons from Weakness with Elizabeth Maxon

NEWS: Pray, Write, Grow: Cultivating Prayer and Writing Together is $.99 on Kindle

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

Contemplation in the Age of Trump

The Common Prayer app is FREE. See the link under the video.

Pray as You Go. I’ve mentioned this before, but if the app is new to you, check it out. It’s great for imaginative scripture contemplation.

Two Things Are Killing Your Ability to Focus (also featured on Wednesday’s post)

How to Get Into a Rhythm at Work if You Can’t Stick to a Schedule

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

7 Ways Thomas Merton Changed the World

Letters from a Devastated Artist

How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western (A powerful story of how writing can help us face the worst parts of the world.)

How to Create an Internal Mindset Conducive to Writing

The Slowest, Best Conversion (My guest post for Emily P. Freeman, whose blog and books I highly recommend!)

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

I’m Tired of Being a Christian (If you can relate to this, then contemplative prayer may be perfect for you!)

Defining Christianity in a Single Word

When Less Is More on Social Media

Spirituality for Busy People

From my blog: My Most Difficult Shift Toward Healthy Religion

 

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Friday Favorites for Prayer and Writing

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

One Small Square [On justice and contemplation]

How to Create an Internal Mindset Conducive to Writing

Are You the Listener You Think You Are?

Why Does Running Appeal to Writers?

Experience God’s Presence: Five First Steps

From my blog: Creating a Contemplative-Friendly Smartphone

 

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Friday Favorites

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

30 Must-Read Articles if You’re Becoming a Minimalist (We’re moving this week, so…)

Students of Jesus (Just read what Ray writes. The End.)

How to Work Alone

6 Ways the Most Productive People Send Emails

Through Hell and Back (A fascinating profile of Rob Bell)

How to Break Your Addiction to Work

 

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Friday Favorites

Each Friday I share some of my favorite finds related to praying or writing. If I think it could help you pray or write better, then I’ll include it below.

Do you have someone else’s article or post to share? Join the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@edcyzewski) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

The Human Cost of Digital Technology

Confessions of a Media Protective Parent

Is Contemplation Dangerous?

I Once Was Lost and Now Am Lost Again…

Productivity Apps for Busy Writers

From Ed’s Blog: Evangelicals Need to Sit in a Room and Say Nothing for a Long Time

 

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