These past 2 months at the Lake House of Prayer have been a blessed beginning for me. One of the greatest blessings has been our “praying community”.

For the past 2 years or so, Jim has been envisioning, adapting, praying and building both the inner and outer structures of the Lake House of Prayer. What I found on my arrival the end of April, was not only a beautiful building in process surrounded by the beauties of nature- the lake, trees, plants, flowers, and an abundance of birds, but also this “praying Community”.

There has been a core group of neighborhood Christians who have been coming here to pray with Jim in these beginning years,first under an ancient tree on the grounds, before any building, and now in the temporary chapel in Jim’s house. Coming 4 days a week, twice a day, to practice silent prayer together, they form a contemplative community.

Sitting with this community for the past 2 months has been a wonderful experience for me. There are 2 things that strike me: first is the depth of silence in the group, and second is that contemplative prayer seems so natural to them, a part of their psychic and spiritual make up. They seem so “at home” in themselves in the silence. They have made me feel “at home” also in this contemplative silence with them. Two months may seem like a small beginning, but small beginnings are truly beautiful, and I am so grateful to be here and be part of this Lake House of Prayer.