This paper was written for a graduate level M. Div. class at Fuller Theological Seminary. The author of the book I used, James W. Sire, has authored an impressive suite of books that you should check out. — Surprisingly to me, the spiritual discipline of...
This post is part of a series. Yet another acronym for prayer, this study method is very popular, in part because of how easy the acronym is to remember. Adoration Spend time praising God. This pushes our earthly concerns to the periphery and refocuses us...
This post is part of a series. This very popular method of devotional scripture study has four steps, outlined in the acrostic SOAP. Begin by opening your journal (this is a written exercise). And by the way, there is an iOS app for this! Check out...
This series is made up of the following posts: Spiritual Disciplines 01, Lectio Divina Spiritual Disciplines 02, How to pray The Lord’s Prayer Spiritual Disciplines 03, The Lambeth or “African” Prayer Spiritual Disciplines 04, SOAP Spiritual Disciplines 05 – ACTS Spiritual Disciplines 06 – Examen
This post is part of a series. When we talk of prayer and spiritual disciplines, we often think of solitary pursuits, not public and cooperative methods of spirituality. But this prayer, created by and used at the decennial assemblies of bishops of the Anglican Communion, convened...
This post is part of a series. Many people know “The Lord’s Prayer” by heart because it is chanted like an incantation at many churches, not to mention public events. However, what most people realize is that this prayer was offered by Jesus, not as...
This post is part of a series. This first spiritual discipline is a fantastic way to allow scripture to lead you into an experience with God. It is more experiential than analytic, but that’s OK! Tradition tells us that Lectio Divina as we know it...
In 2001, during my journey out of Christendom, I attended a 10 day silent Buddhist meditation retreat in the California hills, which focused on a certain simple type of silent meditation called Vipassana. I published my reflections on it back then, and you can see...
