Comments on: Living Mindfully: 10 Practices… https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: From Mindfulness to Watchfulness... - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-30524 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:02:22 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-30524 […] option is to work on our mindfulness. I have previously blogged on some helpful mindfulness practices, but here is a second […]

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-9957 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:36:42 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-9957 In reply to Mark Woodrow.

Thanks for sharing Mark. We are certainly the poorer when we forget the long established Christian tradition of meditation. All the best in the discernment process.

]]> By: Mark Woodrow https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-9899 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:07:23 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-9899 Dear Brian, thank you for this, a really useful and practical piece. It spoke to me, as I’m very aware of having too much stuff in my life; a new relationship, children living in different towns, me living in between several places, having a main job, some part-time ones, several church activities, and now starting discernment about some training as a pastor. I thank God for the richness of it all, but the importance of quiet times should be emphasised, to help keep perspective on what’s most important — a relationship with God, and with those around you.

A while ago, I had a wonderful picture in my mind, of me holding absolutely armfuls of stuff, struggling to hold it all and dropping bits everywhere, and God seeming so say “here, I have something wonderful to give you, but, oh, wait, how can I …?”

I like how you address one common concern about mindfulness, that it is sometimes seen as an unchristian practice. Yet there is a tradition of Christian contemplation, that seems a little forgotten.

]]> By: Brian https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-9890 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:20:33 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-9890 In reply to Paul Sturrock.

Thanks Paul. Very good to hear from you.

]]> By: Paul Sturrock https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-9889 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:25:16 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-9889 Wonderful, Brian! I love the verse “Be still, and know that I am God” Ps46:10. However, I always struggled to be still because my thoughts were taking me all over the place. Mindfulness has helped me to be still and in doing so, to be more aware of God, myself and the world around me.

]]> By: Lynn White https://brianharrisauthor.com/thinking-about-mindfulness/#comment-9881 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 01:49:01 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2909#comment-9881 Thanks for a helpful, concise and practical article as always Brian.

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