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What is Christian Spiritual Direction?
January 17th, 2010, No Comments »
I’ve been dong some reading on spiritual direction to prepare for an upcoming adventure with a friend, and I wanted to share some of what I’ve found. The next two quotes are good words on spiritual direction from a uniquely Christian perspective, from SDI World. The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath [...]
Formulation of Prayer Practices and Rules of Life (Margaret Guenther, Holy Listening)
December 30th, 2009, No Comments »
From Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction by Margaret Guenther In writing my summary of this book I found a section that is really helpful to me as I’m formulating my own Way of Life. I’m writing this partly for the class that I most recently took, but mostly as part of my participating [...]
The Art of Spiritual Direction
June 14th, 2009, 2 Comments »
“The art of spiritual direction lies in our uncovering the obvious in our lives and in realizing that everyday events are the means by which God tries to reach us.” – Alan Jones, in the preface to the book “Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction” (Margaret Guenther)
Sacred Companions by David Benner (Book summary)
May 21st, 2009, 1 Comment »
“Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship & Direction” (David G. Benner) Sacred Companions by David G. Benner InterVarsity Press (2002) Description of the Book Sacred Companions describes spiritual friendship and spiritual direction for the contemporary Christian who wishes to be intentional about growing in their Christian life. Benner writes as a psychologist and a [...]
Presence and Impact
May 15th, 2009, No Comments »
Being genuinely present to someone also means being willing to be touched by him or her. If I genuinely bring myself to a relationship, I must be prepared to be changed by it. Anything less than this means that I am not totally present. Being genuinely present means that I may be affected by your [...]
links for 2009-05-13
May 13th, 2009, No Comments »
The Portrait Photographer: Five Keys to Great Outdoor and Location Sessions (tags: photography portrait) Microsoft is the New GM | TechFold "There are two differences between Microsoft and GM: Microsoft doesn’t have GM’s debt issues, and MS isn’t labouring under onerous union contracts. Otherwise, the two are eerily similar: both have significant product perception challenges, [...]
Spiritual Formation is…
September 12th, 2008, 3 Comments »
There’s a really good converation happening over at Jesus Creed about spiritual formation (and especially Eastern influences in spiritual formation). I linked to it in yesterday’s link fest, but the ongoing conversation turned up some good nuggets. When people think of ‘spiritual formation’ they think of a variety of things, usually from some very specific [...]
Prevenient Grace, and What’s My Job?
September 3rd, 2008, 2 Comments »
“Prevenience is the conviction that God has been working diligently, redemptively, and strategically before I appeared on the scene, before I was aware there was something for me to do here… Like one who walks in late to a meeting, I am entering a complex situation in which God has already said decisive words and [...]
Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 5
August 21st, 2008, No Comments »
I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Part 5 Incorporating Benedictine Spirituality in Mt. Si Vineyard On the basis of these values, we currently have several practices that echo Benedictine practices which now have deeper [...]
Incorporating Benedict’s Rule in a Suburban Missional Church – Part 3
August 19th, 2008, No Comments »
I’m blogging here a previous paper that I wrote for my churchhistory course at Bakke Graduate University. It was written for my first course, in May 2006. Part 3 Values and Practices Throughout the Rule one can find Benedict’s values and the practices that grow from these values. At the core, the Rule is under [...]
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