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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 in [...]

Why a Way of Life?

December 28th, 2008, No Comments

Godly discipline is different to the rules and regulations of bureaucratic organizations. The answer to legalism is not a vacuum, but clarity about our priorities. To live authentically means that I choose my lifestyle, I do not succumb to the lifestyle others foist upon me. It means that I use my time, money and talents [...]

Tags for Where We’re Going

July 24th, 2008, No Comments

Today I had a really helpful and powerful chat with one of my heroes, and though I want to digest that a bit before talking about it here, it also spurred me to find a page in my journal and open it up.
Here are some tags that I wrote in my moleskine notebook a while [...]

My favorite prayer from daily prayers

May 19th, 2008, No Comments

I carry around with me this lovely little prayer book:
“Prayer Rhythms for Busy People” (Ray Simpson)
It’s in my backpack, which also contains my work laptop, so it’s safe to say that it’s generally always in reach. It’s a great little prayer book for my tastes. The book has 7 days of prayers, organized for morning/midday/evening/bedtime. [...]

Three Lifegiving Priniciples (Monastic Vows)

May 14th, 2008, 2 Comments

As folks who’ve been reading here for a few months have noticed, my spiritual journey has taken me down a bit more structured path, and I’ve been talking a lot about religious orders, neo-monasticism, vows and Rules of Life. This post continues that trend and introduces monastic vows and what I’m thinking about them in [...]

Living by a Way of Life SUMMARY

April 26th, 2008, No Comments

I blogged in some level of detail the seminar I attended this weekend, led by Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, Jack spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
Notes from:

Friday night
Saturday AM, first part
Saturday AM, [...]

Living by a Way of Life (Jack Stapleton) – Saturday afternoon

April 26th, 2008, No Comments

On Friday Apr 25 and Sat Apr 26, Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
Establish an intentional Way of Life
Every Christian church has a hope that its members grow [...]

Living by a Way of Life (Jack Stapleton) – Saturday morning part 2

April 26th, 2008, No Comments

On Friday Apr 25 and Sat Apr 26, Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
About the Church as the Body of Christ
The Corinthian church was a dysfunctional church. Paul’s [...]

Living by a Way of Life (Jack Stapleton) – Saturday morning part 1

April 26th, 2008, No Comments

On Friday Apr 25 and Sat Apr 26, Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
About the Church and Discipleship
What is church? Not a building or a denomination, but church, [...]

Living by a Way of Life (Jack Stapleton) – Friday evening

April 25th, 2008, No Comments

On Friday Apr 25 and Sat Apr 26, Jack Stapleton, Guardian of the Aidan Trust in the US, spoke at Bethany Community Church in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. He spoke on the topic of “Living by a Way of Life”.
Introduction
Jack Stapleton began the evening by telling his story: impacted in 1967 by the Jesus [...]