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
In The Spirit of the Disciplines. Dallas Willard writes, “In service we engage our goods and strengths in the active promotion of the good of others and the causes of God in our world…. Not every act that may be … Continue reading
So, is service a spiritual discipline? Is it formational? For a moment consider these words from the letter to the Philippians, “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form … Continue reading
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun may help us to see how service can take us beyond superficial activity, “… many of us look right through others and never see them let alone care about what they need. When we are preoccupied with … 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
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun covers a lot when she writes about service in Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us, p 144, “Service is a way of offering resources, time, treasure, influence and expertise for the care, protection, justice, and nurture … Continue reading
For the next few weeks, I would like us to explore the discipline of service. To begin our thoughts on service I have shared below a reading from the Gospel of John that many will hear at Maundy Thursday services, … Continue reading
In our past several weeks of thinking about fasting what has been your experience? Have you fasted? Did you decide to fast for some period of time? Why? Were you “suppose” to? Or did something call you to a time … Continue reading
Today I want to share with you not a quote from one of the more recent writers on spiritual disciplines but words from an ancient Hebrew prophet. These are words many heard a few weeks ago on Ash Wednesday, “Shout … Continue reading
Scot McKnight in his book, Fasting stresses that fasting is whole-body response to a sacred moment. “The thesis of this book is simple: a unified perception of body, soul, spirit, and mind creates a spirituality that includes the body. For … Continue reading
