David Frenette: Consenting to the Presence of God

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2012

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Tami Simon speaks with David Frenette, a leader and senior teacher in the Centering Prayer movement, and a friend and advisor of Father Thomas Keating for 30 years. He is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Naropa University. With Sounds True, he has published the book The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening Your Experience of God. In this episode, Tami speaks with David about his apprenticeship with Father Keating in the practice of Centering Prayer, the role of a spiritual father or mother in one’s contemplative life, what he means when he talks about God and the Trinitarian mystery, and the most important contemplative attitude to support a practice of Centering Prayer. (66 minutes)

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1:05.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is David Fernette. David is a certified addictions counselor and has a master's degree in counseling psychology.
1:12.0	He's an adjunct faculty member in the Religious Studies Department
1:15.6	at Nairopa University and has also taught centering prayer under Father Thomas Keating's guidance
1:22.1	since 1984.
1:24.8	He is currently serving on the Pastoral Council of Father Keating's International
1:29.1	Organization Contemplative Outreach.
1:32.2	With sounds true, David has created a new book called The Path of Centering
1:37.4	Prayer, deepening your experience of God, in which he offers guidance in the time-honored and rewarding meditation practice of
1:47.2	centering prayer.
1:49.3	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, David and I spoke about the blessing that one can receive
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