Contemplative Outreach, Northeast Iowa Chapter

06/06/2026

We offer this today in support of your daily practice. May this become an invitation into stillness and there enter a time with the "prayer of consent" to the work of the Divine Spirit within. Blessings to each of you 🙏

06/03/2026

For you today. Blessings 🙏

05/27/2026

We offer this for your reflection today. Perhaps this may encourage you to enter times of inner stillness. Blessings to each of you 🙏

05/22/2026

Greetings in Christ. We offer this today for your prayerful reflection. Blessings 🙏

04/30/2026

Good morning 🌄 We offer this today for your prayerful reflection... visually and poetically. Blessings to each of you 🙏

Into The Mystic

Some places draw us out into this vast,
mystical expanse of earth and sky.

Enter and remove your shoes
for you are on holy ground.
O Come with your whole heart and being,
O Come into the Quiet.

This is a mystery far beyond us in every way
Walking into the shimmering unknowing
Breathing in awe and wonder,
Immersed in presence,
Soaking in grace
O this bottomless amazing grace.

We cannot but bow to kiss the earth
Being transformed,
Becoming from the inside out,
In that luminous glorious light of love

To embody such glory in our mortal bodies
Is to reveal the mystery of this Christ soaked universe.

The mystery is love
For those who would dwell in love
Dwell in God, and God in them
For God is love.

Such is the character,
And the fragrance
And the atmosphere
Of all who would walk in awe and wonder
Into this mystery with God as with an old friend,
In the cool of the day.

~ Bob Holmes

04/26/2026

Greetings in Christ. We offer this today for your prayerful reflection... visually and lyrically. Blessings to each of you 🙏

"The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything."
~ Julian of Norwich

04/18/2026

Today we offer this for your reflection. May this lead you into stillness and silence in the Presence of the One. Blessings y'all🙏

There’s a peace your soul recognizes… even before your mind understands it. Not in the noise. Not in the rushing. But in the quiet places where you simply sit with Him. You don’t have to escape to find rest... you just have to return. 🙏

Let your breath slow. Let your heart soften. He is already holding you. If you’re longing for deeper peace and a daily rhythm of stillness, our Be Still and Follow devotional was created to gently guide you there—linked in our bio. 💛

“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10