At a time when the modern form of church is visually changing, and when many Westerners are turning to Eastern spiritual traditions to find a path of wisdom, Christians are rediscovering the ancient stream of inner transformation in their own tradition.

Dating back to the desert communities of Egypt and Syria, preserved for centuries in monastic traditions, the practices of contemplative prayer, sacred chant and lectio divina offer a spiritual technology by which we can live our response to Jesus' call, turning from our anxious and ego-driven conventional lives and entering the reality of the Kingdom of God within and among us.dom, Christians are rediscovering the ancient stream of inner transformation in their own tradition.many Westerners are turning to Eastern spiritual traditions to find a path of wis