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I recently came across a blog post by Richard Beck that echos some of the same warnings we heard from Scot McKnight last week, ” … I was trying to push back on a strain of Christianity I see in … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Spiritual Practices
Last week I saw this from Sue Monk Kidd, “The soul craves experiences that offer it the rich depths of God. Silence, solitude, holy leisure, simplicity, prayer, journaling, the Eucharist, rituals that touch the space of Mystery, symbols and images, … Continue reading
Are your hearing and reading a lot about Advent? I suspect some of us are. My inbox has been full of offers and suggestions for Advent devotions, things to do, and suggestions on how to make this Advent season meaningful. … Continue reading
As we have in these past weeks thought together about spiritual practices, I fear I have fallen into a trap that often captures us as we discuss this subject. As we focus on one practice after another we see the … Continue reading
During our past weeks on this list l have listed a number of spiritual practices, given a brief definition/description of those and for some gone into more detail. I want in the next weeks to look more deeply into practice … Continue reading
Last week a quote from Evelyn Underhill came to my inbox and I thought it worth sharing as we think about spiritual disciplines, “Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and … Continue reading
We want to continue today our thinking about service as a spiritual discipline. A couple of weeks ago I had occasion to look at the website of the Rescue Mission in Roanoke, Virginia ( http://rescuemission.net ), and was amazed at … Continue reading
Today marks the beginning of Lent. In the Book of Common Prayer (1979) we can read, “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, … Continue reading
Over the next several weeks I would like us to think together about the different forms our prayers can take. But before we look at different prayer practices, I would ask us to keep in mind two things. First, keep … Continue reading
As a follow up to Robert Mulholland’s definition of spiritual formation it is good to hear his counsel regarding spiritual disciplines. “Let me clarify the nature of a spiritual discipline, because here our cultural shaping distorts our understanding. We tend … Continue reading