Episode 13 Centering Prayer, Healing, and Spiritual Formation with Drs. Holeman, Russell, Stratton, and Rev. Gene Yotka

In this Episode, Drs Stephen Stratton and Toddy Holeman of Asbury Theological Seminary and Rev Gene Yotka of the Awakening Institute join Dr. Russell for a roundtable conversation about the contemplative practice of centering prayer. They focus on how its different from other forms of meditation and how God can use it to bring healing and transformation into the lives of practitioners.

 

For bios, see Episode 1 for Rev. Gene Yotka, Episode 9 for Dr. Steve Stratton, and Episode 12 for Dr. Toddy Holeman.

 

Social Media:

Brian Russell

Twitter: @briandrussell

Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife

 

Gene Yotka

@EugeneTYotka

https://www.theawakeninginstitute.com/

 

Books Recommended by the Panel on Centering Prayer

Bourgeault Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening https://amzn.to/3dVGwHC

 

Keating, Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer https://amzn.to/2AfhkNT

 

Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation https://amzn.to/2BUNaji

 

Madagain, Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious https://amzn.to/2UzZqwa

 

 

 

Books Written by the Panel Members

Books by Dr. Holeman:

Inside the Leader’s Head: Unravelling Personal Obstacles to Ministry (with Stephen Martyn, 2008): https://amzn.to/3fcCI58

 

Reconciliable Differences: Hope and Healing for Troubled Marriages (2005)  https://amzn.to/2YlLRl0

 

Theology for Better Counseling: Trinitarian Reflections for Healing and Formation (2012): https://amzn.to/2MNJoKU

 

Books by Dr. Stratton

Listening to Sexual Minorities: A Study of Faith and Sexual Identity on Christian College Campuses (with others)

 

Books by Dr. Russell

(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/30tP4S9

 

Centering Prayer and the Journey to Love (forthcoming in 2021 from Paraclete Press)

 

Books by Gene Yotka

Knowing as We are Known: An Exercise in Inner Stillness https://amzn.to/3hiSXzd