NavPress promotes contemplative prayer for kids with this very misleading statement:
"Contemplative prayer is a form of meditative prayer that focuses on communing with God. Although sometimes confused with its Eastern (and non-Christian) counterpart, true Christian meditation has been practiced since Bible times."
Contemplative prayer is not Biblical, nor can you find any Scriptural references to support such a misleading statement. "Christian mediation" is an oxymoron. The type of meditation NavPress promotes is not Christian. NavPress goes into greater detail by describing the very Roman Catholic "Lectio Divina" for Kids. NavPress endorses Roman Catholic mystic Brother Lawrence as well.
NavPress should check church history. Eastern mysticism was converted to "Christianized" contemplative prayer by the Roman Catholic Church several hundred years after the New Testament time frame. The Roman Catholic church didn't exist during "Biblical Times".
See it for yourself here. Learn more of the roots of contemplative prayer here: Ministry, Mysticism and Mayhem.
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