• I just wrote an article for Praise-and-Worship.com entitled, Worship with Meditation. This article provides a brief history of meditation in the Bible, a summary of my own techniques for meditating on the scriptures, and an explanation of how meditating on the scriptures can be an act of worship.
• Phil Pringle is the pastor of Christian City Church Oxford Falls. Phil prints verses on paper and then meditates on them. As he does so, he writes his thoughts and comments on the paper using different colors and styles, then he posts those thoughts and comments and a picture of his finished work of meditation on his blog. Try this yourself! I’ve been doing it some and it has been a wonderful experience for me.
• Week 2 of the “What Works” series by Phil Fox Rose for Busted Halo is entitled, What Works: Meditation.
• When I got my first Palm PDA about 9 years ago, the first Bible software I used on it was by Olive Tree Bible Software. They have a wonderful article on their web site entitled, Meditating on God’s Word. You don’t have to use one of their Bible programs to learn a great deal from this article though.
• Although it’s a very short post, T.J. Francis has a post entitled Stop and Think… at his The 12th of Isaiah blog, that I think will make you stop and think.

I have a couple dozen more articles that I can highly recommend, but I’ll save those for another day. If you are aware of some articles, essays, or blog posts you would like me to consider for future volumes, feel free to contact me with a link to them. (Photo by Quinn Dombrowski. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License)

We began this series with a contemplative overview of The Fruit of the Spirit, and the next two episodes focused on the fruits of Love and Joy. If you would like to do this particular series of biblical meditations in order, you’ll want to begin with these three meditations. Speaking of peace, you may also enjoy Mindful Worship Meditation #13 – Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord Is Peace. I’ve had an incredible experience with God in my life as He has used the time I’ve spent meditating on these passages and asking the Holy Spirit to produce better quality fruit in my life. I’d love to hear about your own experiences in the comments. (Photo by Alberto Alerigi. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Galatians 5:22-23, Luke 24:36, John 14:27, 1 Peter 3:11, Matthew 5:9
Time: 28:03
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We began this series with a contemplative overview of The Fruit of the Spirit, and then contemplated how The Fruit of the Spirit is Love. If you would like to do this particular series of biblical meditations in order, you’ll want to begin with these two meditations. I’ve had an incredible experience with God in my life as He has used the time I’ve spent meditating on these passages and asking the Holy Spirit to produce better quality fruit in my life. I’d love to hear about your own experiences in the comments. (Photo by Seth Anderson. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Matthew 13:44, 1 Peter 1:8-9, Romans 15:13, Philippians 1:4-5, 2 Corinthians 7:4, James 1:2-3, Matthew 28:4
Time: 42:04
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Many listeners have asked about a meditation on the expressions of love found in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. This seemed like a perfect place to dig into those attributes. I didn’t set out to write a guided meditation that was nearly an hour long, but this passage is so rich, it seemed the only way to get everything in. I hope you grow in your own expression of love as you meditate with me on those passages–I know I certainly have.

Mindful Worship Meditation #24 – The Fruit of the Spirit, is the first part of this christian meditation series; it provides an overview of the nine fruits of the spirit. If you would like to do this particular series of biblical meditations in order, that is the place to begin. (Photo by Marcelino Rapayla Jr. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Galatians 5:22-23, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 1 John 4:16
Time: 58:47
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This particular meditation provides an overview of the nine fruits of the Spirit. In the upcoming guided Christian meditations, we will focus on each of the individual fruits more deeply, so that God may more plant them more deeply in our hearts. Be sure to let me know about your experience with this Christian guided meditation in the comments. (Photo by Nicu Buculei. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Galatians 5:22-23
Time: 23:16
File Size: 21.3 mb
Link to MP3: Meditation #24 – The Fruit of the Spirit

When I originally began to write the first meditation in this series, I was only going to do a few particular verses from this Psalm. As I meditated on it in my own life though, I realized that every line holds life-changing truth that needs to be seriously contemplated. A single meditation would probably be more than an hour long though, so I decided to present it in a three-part series. This is the last of those three parts. I am now planning to do more series type meditations that will build and elaborate on each other and allow us to go deeper into the study and personal application of God’s Word. Let me know what you think in the comments. (Photo by Anna Gay. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Psalm 51:13-19
Time: 20:24
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When I originally began to write the first meditation in this series, I was only going to do a few particular verses from this Psalm. As I meditated on it in my own life though, I realized that every line holds life-changing truth that needs to be seriously contemplated. A single meditation would probably be more than an hour long though, so I decided to present it in a three-part series. This is the second of those three parts. I am now planning to do more series type meditations that will build and elaborate on each other and allow us to go deeper into the study and personal application of God’s Word. Let me know what you think in the comments. (Photo by Jennifer Milward. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: Psalm 51:7-12, Exodus 12:22, John 19:28-29,
Time: 30:03
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When I originally began to write this meditation, I was only going to do a few particular verses from this Psalm. As I meditated on it in my own life though, I realized that every line holds life-changing truth that Christians need to seriously contemplate and apply to their lives. A single meditation would probably be more than an hour long though, so I decided to present it in a three-part series. This is the first of those three parts. I am now planning to do more series type meditations that will build and elaborate on each other and allow us to go deeper into the study and personal application of God’s Word. Let me know what you think in the comments! (Photo by thanker212. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic License)

Scriptures in this meditation: 1 John 1:8, Psalm 51:1-6
Time: 25:42
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• Rick Hubbell’s series at The Innovative Marketplace Christian entitled Creating Breakthrough in Your Life Through Biblical Meditation: Part 1: The Lost Art, Part 2: Starting, Speaking & Simplifying, Part 3: Depth, Soil & Digestion, Part 4: Intensity, Part 5 Building a Powerful Repertoire, Part 6 – Two Powerful Secrets, and Part 7 – Pressing Through & Conducting Power.
• Week four of Amanda Rooker’s series at Sustainable Communication entitled Virtual Immersion, Week 4: Meditation.
• J. Hampton Keathley’s article at bible.org entitled Biblical Meditation.
• The Navigator’s article at PreceptAustin entitled A Primer on Meditation.
• Michael Kemp’s article at Confidence in the Word entitled Experiencing the Bible’s Power – Biblical Meditation.
• Justice Mek’s article for eHow entitled How to Meditate: The Christian Way.
• John Thacker’s article at Redeemed Rambling entitled Spiritual Disciplines I: Meditation.
• An article at All About God entitled Christian Meditation – Is It Really Christian?
• John Aubin’s article at Ezine Articles entitled Is Christian Meditation a Way to Speak to God?.
  

As I find new articles and essays on Christian meditation and meditating on the scriptures, I’ll be periodically posting links to the ones that like the best and that I believe will give you the most value for your time spent reading and studying them. That’s why I called this, “Volume 1.” If you are aware of some articles, essays, or blog posts you would like me to consider for future volumes, feel free to contact me with a link to them. (Photo by bhollar. Original on flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License)

One of the things I think everyone will like are the links to all the guided meditations on the left-hand side.

So, what do you think? Do you like it? Do you hate it? Do you have ideas for improvement? What would you like to see in the site design? What kind of content would you like to see here at Mindful Worship that I’m not already producing? Let me know by posting a comment. This is your chance to let your voice be heard!