{"id":24948,"date":"2026-03-11T16:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/rick-hamlin-on-the-practice-of-contemplative-prayer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:48:14","slug":"rick-hamlin-on-the-practice-of-contemplative-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/rick-hamlin-on-the-practice-of-contemplative-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Hamlin on the Practice of Contemplative Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, it\u2019s Rick Hamlin and I\u2019m going to talk today about contemplative prayer, or prayer in general<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First, let me talk a little bit about how I ended up writing an article for Mysterious Ways<\/em>, that fabulous magazine, about contemplative prayer and specifically about an ancient book called The Cloud of Unknowing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I was on the phone and a guy, a very earnest Christian from Atlanta, said that he was going to get some prayer help and that he wanted to learn how to meditate, so he was going to a Buddhist center for meditation, and I said, \u201cWell, that\u2019s really terrific. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll learn a lot, but there\u2019s also incredible Christian tradition, hundreds and hundreds of years of meditative prayer.\u201d I would call it\u2014it\u2019s often called contemplative prayer\u2014and it\u2019s really a practice that I do.<\/p>\n

So first, for any prayer practice, I would give you two really important bits of advice: Pick a time of day, and a place. And both are really important, because you want to do prayer at the same time every day, just a prayer practice<\/a>. It will help you get in the practice each day.<\/p>\n

A place is also important. I think because the external stimuli of the place will remind you, \u201cOh, yeah, this is where I pray.\u201d<\/p>\n

For me, it\u2019s my sofa in the morning, first thing in the morning, the sofa in the TV room. You know, the cat comes around sometimes, but I sit there and I close my eyes. Now, I know some people can pray really beautifully with their eyes open, but for me it really helps\u2014closing the eyes.<\/p>\n

Also give yourself a set amount of time. Five minutes\u2014five minutes to sit in silence is bliss, but it\u2019s going to be hard. Five minutes can feel like a long time. You\u2019ll want to add a little bit more time. Now how do you know the time has gone by? Well, you can go ahead and look at a clock; I usually have my phone sitting next to me on the sofa and I can check to see how long I\u2019ve been sitting, if I think, Oh it\u2019s time to let go. OK, close your eyes and then let go. To listen to God<\/a>, you need to empty your mind.<\/p>\n

So this is the process in contemplative prayer. It\u2019s this process of emptying your mind a little bit at a time; you just let things go.<\/p>\n

In meditation sometimes they use this image of catch and release, catch and release. The thought comes\u2014and there are always going to be these thoughts streaming through your head. Catch the thought \u2026 then release it.<\/p>\n

What I think happens in prayer, unlike meditation, is in prayer when you release the thought, you release them to God. So there are these distracting thoughts, then you release them to God. And then in your head, you hold an image of God. Or a word.<\/p>\n

The author of Cloud of Unknowing<\/em> suggests a single-syllable word. For me, the word I use sometimes\u2014a lot\u2014is \u201cGod.\u201d I\u2019ve also used \u201cChrist\u201d or \u201cJesus Christ,\u201d giving myself just a word to keep staying focused on the challenge and the practice of contemplative prayer.<\/p>\n

But this practice you will continue day in and day out. You\u2019ll get better at it, too. Don\u2019t be too self-critical. This is just your moment of prayer. Don\u2019t say, \u201cOh my gosh, I didn\u2019t do it very well!\u201d or one woman said, \u201cEvery time I sat down, I kept on thinking different things; different things came into my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each thought that came into your mind was a chance to reconnect with God<\/a>. The thought, then you let it go, you give it back to God. And then you put the word \u201cGod,\u201d \u201cChrist,\u201d the word \u201clove\u201d in your head, and it connects you back in prayer.<\/p>\n

Not for nothing is it called the practice of prayer. It\u2019s practice. It\u2019s the one thing you can always do. Trying to do it is doing it. If you just say, \u201cI\u2019m trying to pray,\u201d well, that\u2019s it. That\u2019s doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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