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.

Staying Sober-ish by Seth Haines

Be a Blesser, Not a Curser by Jennifer Dukes-Lee

Prayer without Ceasing

There’s Never Enough Time by Jen Pollock Michel

Do You Have Low Battery Anxiety? 

 

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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.

Why Mysticism Still Inspires by Carl McColman

Real or Not Real by Addie Zierman (an important post about what we build our faith on)

Noelle Cliffe: How God Messed Up My Happy Atheist Life (If you love the Toast, you’ll love this)

24 Things No One Tells You About Book Publishing (It’s on BuzzFeed but it’s still true)

Blessed Are the Agnostics

9 Ways to Foster a Contemplative Church

From Ed’s Blog: People Are Expendable: My Root Struggle with Church

 

Keep the Contemplative Writer Sustainable

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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.

Researchers Find More Changes Are More Effective (Out with the Old)

Is Solitude the Secret to Unlocking Our Creativity

The Age of Loneliness Is Killing Us

10 Recommended Books on Christian Meditation

The Busy Person’s Lies

Ed’s blog: The Hidden Danger of Business for Creative Workers

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Keep the Contemplative Writer Sustainable

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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.

Benedictine Stability: When the Going Gets Tough, Stay

Change Is Not for the Faint of Heart

John Wesley on Conversion and Spiritual Formation

Facebook Has 50 Minutes of Your Time… It Wants More

Doctors Explain How Hiking Changes Our Brains

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Keep the Contemplative Writer Sustainable

The Contemplative writer is ad-free and never shares sponsored content, but it is a lot of work to maintain. We rely on affiliate links from the books we share and the generous gifts of our readers. An automated monthly gift as low as $1 per month or a one-time gift of $5 goes a long way to sustaining our mission to provide contemplative prayer resources for our readers. Thank you!

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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.

When the Darkness Lifts by Kelly J. Youngblood

The Liturgists Podcast: An Interview of Richard Rohr

How Our Salvation Begins by Kelly Chripczuk

Rest Easy, You’re Loved No Matter What by Aundi Kolber

Keep Showing Up and Finishing Stuff by Me (Read the comments!)

13 Powerful Women Mystics Who Helped Shape Christianity

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Friday Favorites on 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.

Seven Reasons to Pray the Divine Office via Carl McColman

The Unbusy Pastor (but not just for pastors!) via Eugene Peterson

How the Examen Empowers Us to Pray and Write via Micha Boyett (my guest post for her)

Ruthlessly Eliminate Hurry via John Ortberg

How I Became a Morning Person via Medium

How to Stick with Good Habits via Business Insider

The Desert Fathers (a parody) via Mallory Ortberg

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Friday Favorites–How to Pray and Write More

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.

Productivity 101: A Primer on the Pomodoro Technique via LifeHacker

Why You Should Walk More if You’re a Writer via The Publication Coach

You Were Never Made to Be Productive via Christianity Today

7 Essential Thomas Merton Books via Carl McColman

Lessons from Weakness: Elizabeth Maxon Interview via Scott Savage

 

Looking for more recommendations? Check out our Prayer Resources page.