Brian Puida Mitchell

The Sunday immediately prior to Advent is what used to be called “Christ the King” and is now “updated” to “The Reign of Christ”. The readings for that day are Colossians 1: 15-20 & Luke 23: 33-43. As we enter Advent I ask myself who or what is this Christ? The image of kingship today is, obviously, anachronistic. There is no one God-king wielding unilateral power over humanity. Instead we have this Jesus – a man hanging from a cross. Who then is this “image of the unseen God” and what is its...

Hello Contemplatives! We’re excited to announce the publication of “ Practicing Living Presence: Discovering the Mind of Christ Within – Part TWO! “, Cynthia Bourgeault’s exploration of Kabir Helminski’s book “ Living Presence: A Sufi Way to Mindfulness & the Essential Self”,  and the accompanying Practice Manual by Lynn C Bauman,  Living the Presence: A Manual for Contemplative Christian Practice” In Part One (published in November 2021 – find it  HERE ), Cynthia explored Chapters 1-9 of...

This post is shared by Brian Mitchell as a follow up to our recent release of “Practicing Living Presence: Discovering the Mind of Christ Within – Part One” a teaching by Cynthia Bourgeault. Brian is one of the intrepid team of volunteer Editors (together with Peggy Zimmerman, Diane Walker, Harrison Russin and others) who have worked diligently to transform the raw audio of this teaching into a format we can all listen to and learn from. We are grateful to Brian and the editing team for their...