Hal Green, Ph.D

Prayer as Dancing with God

Mechthild of Magdeburg (1210-1280), in Northern Germany, was a complicated and profound spiritual writer and nun. And she was something of a free-spirit, whose prayers speak to a modern audience. She sure speaks to me, especially when she connects prayer with dancing. Why not prayer as dancing with God? We get so stiff and formal […]

Approach God as You Would Approach Love Itself

Your image or understanding of God largely determines how you will approach God. And how you approach God, along with your expectations going in, significantly affect what happens or does not happen during and after an attempted prayer connection. The question is: how best to approach God? The answer is as simple as it is […]

Breath Prayer for Joy

Joy arrives at the same time you actually get something you have been seeking. It could be finally seeing and embracing a beloved friend or family member, after a time of missing them. As Charles Dickens said: “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” Joy could come when receiving some […]

Breath Prayer for Joy

Joy arrives at the same time you actually get something you have been seeking. It could be finally seeing and embracing a beloved friend or family member, after a time of missing them. As Charles Dickens said: “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” Joy could come when receiving some […]

One Moment, One Time

“One moment, one time.” That is the meaning of an expression a tea garden manager used during a tea certification in San Francisco back in January, 2006. She quoted a Buddhist saying, first in Chinese, then in English, which means, “one event, happening once only.” It refers to the fact that life events are unique, […]

O Love that Will not Let Me Go

Sometimes a hymn can speak to you, almost as if from heaven. Such a hymn is “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go.” It has haunted, yet calmed me over the years. I even wrote music for it. It is inspired and worthy to gently meditate: Oh Love, that wilt not let me go, […]