Tonight our congregation held our fourth Wednesday night Lenten service ~ one of a series of short, reflective evenings following a simple soup supper. I've been preaching on practices of prayer, and tonight, running a little low on energy, I was grateful for the gratitude expressed by two women for the homilies.
One of them, a local college president whose field is neuroscience, offered something particularly fascinating. She showed me the copious notes she had taken on the practice of daily examen and said that she is eager to think about the idea of a regular review of the day in the context of how our brains work.
She has already shared a bit of information on brain responses to change with our adult Sunday School class ~ a helpful contribution for a church in transition. (I am the interim pastor, there for the express purpose of helping them make the move from their recently retired pastor of nearly forty years to the leadership of the next installed pastor.)
I can hardly wait to hear what she has to say about the examen and neuroscience!
Keep us posted!
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