Becoming Still Ministries

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Becoming Still Ministries Welcome! My name is Toni Tompkins, founder of Becoming Still Ministries.

Our mission is to create safe and welcoming spaces that invite the Holy Spirit's work of healing and transformation for all seeking companionship on their faith journey.

Glimmer of God's PresenceOn any given day I might dream up 100 ideas. Some good, some great, some that are certain to le...
10/05/2026

Glimmer of God's Presence

On any given day I might dream up 100 ideas. Some good, some great, some that are certain to lead me down a rabbit hole.

Wading through a swarm of idea, searching for the one that glimmers with God’s presence, can feel overwhelming. There is so much to sift through and no obvious path forward.

But as I hold each dream in prayer, I become still enough to listen for what God might be inviting me to pursue and what I can let go.

Where do you sense God’s presence in the dreams you hold?

09/30/2026

God’s invitation to listen is also an invitation to receive life.
Take a few quiet moments with Isaiah 55:3 today.

What might life sound like if you listened?

The Gift of ListeningI’ve come to think of listening as a spiritual practice—a gift we exchange as an act of love.I have...
09/28/2026

The Gift of Listening

I’ve come to think of listening as a spiritual practice—a gift we exchange as an act of love.

I have a tendency to ramble. I’m told sometimes it’s an organized ramble that eventually lands somewhere solid. Other times, the conversation ends with me still circling a topic, never quite landing anywhere at all.

Either way, I’m grateful for the people who give me the grace to ramble. To let ideas bounce around. To let me hear myself think. To trust that God may be doing something in the middle of all those words.

Listening spaces, ones free from judgment, guidance, or the need to immediately offer input, create room for freedom, discovery, and growth.

That’s part of what makes listening a spiritual practice for me. It extends grace. It gives another person room to be heard, to notice what is happening within them, and to grow.

But listening well also requires us to give ourselves that same grace-filled space to listen within. To take a pause to ask, “What wants to be said next?” instead of instinctively reaching for, “What do I want to say?”

The difference may seem subtle, but they are worlds apart. One reaches for the response we already have in mind; the other makes room for something deeper to emerge.

What might want to be said next from deep within?

Receiving ClarityI’m retiring from my corporate job next year, so I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to figure out ...
09/22/2026

Receiving Clarity

I’m retiring from my corporate job next year, so I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to figure out what these coming years will look like.

What will I do with my time?
How much money do I need to earn?
What kind of work do I want to keep doing?
What routines will I need so that my days have some structure?

They are all good questions. Questions I need to think through.

But I’ve noticed that I keep moving from one version of the plan to another. I adjust the numbers, rethink the work, change the routine, and then start all over again. I keep thinking that if I can just come up with the right plan, I’ll finally be able to rest.

One of the things I appreciate about stillness is that it interrupts the spiral.

Stillness gives me space to stop running through another version of the plan long enough to notice what’s beneath all the planning—and to listen for what God may be inviting me to trust.

Stillness doesn’t necessarily give me a complete retirement plan. But it does give me room to notice what is underneath all of the planning. What am I afraid of? What am I hoping for? What am I trying to control? And what might God be asking me to trust before I have every detail figured out?

I’m learning again that discernment is not always about figuring everything out. Sometimes it is about becoming still enough to be led.

So today I’m sitting with this question:
Where am I trying to manufacture clarity instead of giving myself space to receive it?

Maybe there is something you’ve been working really hard to figure out too. What might happen if, for a little while, you stopped trying to find the answer and simply sat with God?

Spiritual growth does not always happen simply because we have been walking with God for a long time.Sometimes we need t...
09/08/2026

Spiritual growth does not always happen simply because we have been walking with God for a long time.

Sometimes we need to become more intentional about how we are tending that relationship.

What helps you become more attentive to God? What practices help you listen, trust, reflect, or remain grounded in God’s presence?

Those answers may look different in different seasons.

At Becoming Still Ministries, we create space to explore those questions and discover practices and rhythms that can support your journey with God.

Discover practices right for you at:
https://www.becomingstillministries.org/becoming

When you arrive at one of our retreats, we want you to feel like you can simply come in, settle down, and receive.But cr...
09/04/2026

When you arrive at one of our retreats, we want you to feel like you can simply come in, settle down, and receive.

But creating that kind of space takes a team.

Long before anyone arrives, there has been dreaming, designing, planning, preparing, packing, organizing, and praying. Then there are rooms to arrange, tables to prepare, supplies to place, people to welcome, spaces to hold, and eventually, everything to pack up again.

So much of this work happens quietly and will never be seen by the people who come to retreat.

And I am deeply grateful for the people who help make it possible.

Each person brings something different. Different gifts. Different strengths. Different ways of caring for the people who enter the spaces we create.

Maybe that is one of the beautiful things about a retreat centered on Nurturing Communities of Hope.

We didn’t just talk about community.

We needed community to make it happen.

When we think about developing our spiritual lives, we often think about prayer, Scripture, worship, or other spiritual ...
08/31/2026

When we think about developing our spiritual lives, we often think about prayer, Scripture, worship, or other spiritual practices.
But there is another part of our spiritual development that can be easy to overlook: our theology.

Theology is not just something we study in seminary or discuss in Bible class. At its simplest, theology is what we believe about God. And intentionally examining those beliefs is an important part of growing in our relationship with God.

Prayer gives us space to encounter God. Theological reflection gives us space to think deeply about who God is, what we believe, and how those beliefs are being formed. The two belong together.

At Becoming Still Ministries, we create spaces that help people attend to their spiritual lives so they can deepen their relationship with God and continue to grow. That includes prayer and contemplative practices, but it also includes opportunities to reflect on what we believe about God.

The Listening Place was designed with that kind of formation in mind.

This fall, in Seeing God Through New Eyes, we’ll explore one important part of our theology: the image of God we carry.

Over three gatherings, we’ll slow down, reflect, pray, and make room to consider not only what we believe about God, but how those beliefs are shaping our relationship with God.

If you’ve been looking for space to go a little deeper in your spiritual life, I’d love for you to join us.

Learn more and register here:
https://www.becomingstillministries.org/service-page/seeing-god-through-new-eyes

I often wonder if the things God reveals to us—both big and small—are signs of his love.A new awareness.An invitation to...
08/27/2026

I often wonder if the things God reveals to us—both big and small—are signs of his love.

A new awareness.
An invitation to healing.
A step of faith.
A change in direction.
A path we never expected to take.

The things God places before us are not only moments that call for a response. They can also be reminders of God’s presence, care, and desire to draw us closer to him.

As you look back, what invitations or moments of awareness might have been God’s way of showing you his love?

What becomes possible when you make time to sit with God and listen?These are a few reflections from people who have mad...
08/16/2026

What becomes possible when you make time to sit with God and listen?

These are a few reflections from people who have made that space in The Listening Place.

Sometimes, you begin to notice things you couldn’t see while moving through the busyness of everyday life.

You notice the assumptions you’ve been carrying.
You recognize what may be getting in the way.
You hear an invitation to see God—or yourself—differently.
You make room for something in your relationship with God to deepen.

That’s what The Listening Place creates space for.

At this fall’s Listening Place gathering, Seeing God Through New Eyes, you’re invited to slow down and explore the picture of God you carry—the picture in your mind and heart of who God is and how God feels about you.

Together, we’ll make room to notice how that picture has been shaped, how it affects the way you meet God in prayer, and what God may be inviting you to see differently.

You don’t have to have the answers.

You just need to be willing to make the space to listen.

The Listening Place: Seeing God Through New Eyes
Registration is now open at:
https://www.becomingstillministries.org/service-page/seeing-god-through-new-eyes

One of the hardest parts of preparing a gathering isn’t deciding what to include. It’s deciding what to leave out.I’m wo...
08/13/2026

One of the hardest parts of preparing a gathering isn’t deciding what to include. It’s deciding what to leave out.

I’m working with some really rich material for Seeing God Through New Eyes. I could easily fill our time together teaching everything I’ve been learning. But that’s not what The Listening Place is meant to be.

So I’m spending a lot of my preparation time asking: What do I need to offer so people have enough understanding to enter the experience? What might help them reflect? And where do I need to get out of the way and leave room for God to work?

Sometimes that means a little teaching. Sometimes it’s Scripture. Sometimes it’s a question, a prayer practice, silence, or conversation with others.

I’m not trying to fill every minute. I’m trying to thoughtfully create space for whatever God may want to do with the time we have together.

Seeing God Through New Eyes is a three-session Listening Place gathering where we’ll explore the picture of God we carry and become curious about what else there may be to see.

�If this sounds like the kind of space you’ve been looking for, I’d love to have you join us for Seeing God Through New Eyes.

Learn more at:
https://www.becomingstillministries.org/service-page/seeing-god-through-new-eyes

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7556 Mentor Avenue #324
Mentor, OH
44060

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