Everyday Contemplative: The Way of Prayerful Living

Many of us carry around stereotypical pictures of contemplative types-people who seem so unlike us that there is no way we could ever be contemplatives. But what if the word contemplative doesn't just name a narrowly defined kind of prayer but also an approach to all prayer? And what if the same word doesn't denote a specific way of life-extreme, alone, with lots of somber sitting- but can describe any life that seeks to be more open, available, and responsive to God? In other words, most c...