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"My spirit has always needed and sought out community"

Julie Ann Stevens
Julie Ann Stevens

Blessed Beyond Measure

Blessed beyond measure—that is how I have come to speak of my life in spite of the many tragic ups and downs that have occurred over the past seventy-five plus years. Community has always been a strong support holding me when I have needed holding, encouraging me to move forward when I would have given… Read more

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This Tree

I noticed “this tree” with the help of a friend as we walked along a trail in the sacred lands of the Santa Ana Pueblo in 2014. He pointed. And I took the shot.His words — “it looks like it died and then started growing in a new direction.”Since then I have painted the image… Read more

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Reflections on the Contemplative Way

I grew up in an anti-religion family, and yet my childhood was full of spiritual experiences. I was born exactly one year and nine months after the death of my parents’ firstborn, a son, at age five from leukemia. Each summer we often visited Little Harold’s grave, planting and watering flowers, but I spent the… Read more

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Our Mission is to assist in the ongoing work of discerning God's voice, both within ourselves and in the world; provide guidance in the search for wisdom; teach all forms of contemplative prayer; offer training in the inner work of the spiritual life.

The Vision of the Episcopal House of Prayer is to be a contemplative ministry of spiritual transformation, grounded in the Christian tradition, in the practice of Benedictine hospitality, reaching out and welcoming all.

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