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My Contemplative Writing Journey: A Failed Christian

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 10, 2024. Posted in General, GOD, Writing. 8 Comments on My Contemplative Writing Journey: A Failed Christian

I come to Contemplative Writing as a failed contemplative and a failed writer and a failed Christian. Let’s take the last first. I am currently immersed in a Lenten Discipline where I’m offering a Contemplative Writing Prompt each day of the liturgical season. Lent is a religious season. The season runs for the forty days that lead up to...

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Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 21

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 9, 2024. Posted in Featured, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 21

Can I suggest that, during this offering of contemplative writing prompts for Lent, if a prompt really doesn’t appeal to you, that might be the one to try? Our writing today at the Writing Room at 100 Men Hall reminded me of this. That which we dread—practicing sentences, switching points of view, examining our verbs—can offer the most enlightenment....

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 20

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 8, 2024. Posted in Featured, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 20

I’m pretty sure today’s contemplative writing prompts for Lent: 20 is not actually a contemplative writing prompt at all. It doesn’t shift perspective. It doesn’t ask us to examine the world around us to adjust our seeing. What it does, I guess, is look inward to move outward. Examine self and take our new knowing with us...

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 7, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 19

At some point during the day, pause and write one sentence in your head. Repeat it to yourself. One more time: whisper it into the world. Resume your day. (You can read more about Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent here.) Thank you for visiting, and hope to see you again soon. An image from past Lents to accompany your contemplative...

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 18

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 6, 2024. Posted in Featured, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 18

Ah, what a difference a day can make in this Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent adventure. I’m KISS today because I swam, and the sun was on my face and, when I turned, coolness swept my shoulders and light played at the bottom of the pool, and I was happy. Take your 20 minutes today and muse. Pick an object within your sight and write...

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 17

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 5, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 17

There comes a time when you don’t want to do this. It rolls up on you and, before you know it, you’re worn out. I think Lent is a time to experience that weariness fully. We are on Day 17 of our Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent, and I am ready for it to be over. I want to move onto the next thing. This posting is no longer new....

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 16

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 4, 2024. Posted in Featured, General, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 16

I made it back to the pool today. Two bouts of ailments kept me hopping to different doctors trying to figure out what was wrong. They sucked up 20 days of my life, plus recovery between. But, today, finally in the water. Another reason it took me a bit to get back in the groove: I’m going to a new pool. The procedures felt complicated. The...

Musings: A Palate Cleanser

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 3, 2024. Posted in Featured. 2 Comments on Musings: A Palate Cleanser

Voices squiggle like worms visiting, talking worm talk around the neighbor’s pool. * Halos of clouds mimic the trees. We are all reaching toward the sky. * They call it “forest bathing.” We called it tromping through the woods. Vines shoved aside, Leaves crunched. Always the wind held close...

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: None

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 3, 2024. Posted in Featured, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: None

No contemplative writing prompts for Lent today. If you want to know why, you can read about it here. Happy Sunday! An image from past Lents to (not) accompany your contemplative writing prompts for Lent: none

Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 15

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 2, 2024. Posted in Featured, GOD, Writing. No Comments on Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent: 15

Today’s installment of Contemplative Writing Prompts for Lent is a gift my beloved friend who sent me the recording of Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Listen to it for the first 5 minutes of your contemplative writing time today. Listen and feel it. In your chest, and in your heart. Know that it is true. Then pick up your pen...