Join us for 3 days of the Evening Examen online

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Reflect, review & release with this gentle prayer practice for the end of the day.

The Evening Examen is a prayer practice that has been used since the 16th century.

We will practice it 3 nights in a row to allow you to explore what works for you and to being to form a habit of night time prayer and reflection.

Lydia, our Ministry Leader, will settle you in with contemplative prayer and scripture.

Click here to book.

Together, we allow thoughts and experiences from our day to arise.

We ground in gratitude, noticing where we were aware of God with us during the day (either in the moment or retrospectively)

We grow through noticing the times when we lost sight of God and became reactive or disconnected. And instead of judging ourselves, we simply practice the joy of return, or turning towards God now. (This ‘turn’ is the literal translation for reprentance in scripture.)

We let go of anything we are holding on to that is not within our control, releasing it into God’s care.

Then we let go of our own analysis entirely and notice God’s whisper amidst the noise or the silence.

And we listen, resting in this wider awareness that God did not leave us all day, and will continue to watch over this night.

We give ourself to the One we ultimately belong to, and we prepare for sleep.