Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
One disturbing trend I have found in my long study of Spiritual Formation and discipleship is how quickly these ideas can be reduced to a listing of spiritual disciplines or a discussion on spirituality that seems very foreign and inaccessible. Then someone like Ruth Haley Barton comes along and Spiritual Formation moves away from what... Continue Reading →
This week's 23 Thingsfocused on solitude and silence. To illustrate some of the points of these practices, I asked my good friend, Hieromonk Alexander, to offer his insight on the subject. Hieromonk Alexander is a priest in the Russian Orthodox Abroad and lives and works at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a monastery in... Continue Reading →
Week 2: Solitude and Silence 3. Read this article on solitude and silence. 4. Embrace pockets of solitude and silence today. Here are some ideas. Choose what works for you. Every time you find a pocket of solitude and silence, ask God to be with you in a special way. Leave the car radio off... Continue Reading →
Why is solitude a spiritual discipline? 1. Jesus Did It - Read Mark and pay attention to how often Jesus goes off by himself to pray. Being a devout Jew, Jesus no doubt participated in the daily prayers that all Jewish people participated in but scripture tells us that Jesus did more than the prescribed... Continue Reading →
Henri Nouwen, for all of his scholarship and academic pedigree, was a master at taking aspects of the spiritual life and making them accessible and appealing. I have read his book, The Way of the Heart, many times and his Return of the Prodigal Son is one of my all time favorite books. I have... Continue Reading →
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