Spirituality
Christian Mysticism
Out of curiosity. What’s Christian mysticism ? Briefly, it’s an individual’s path to God which begins with the assumption that God exists primarily within the soul – but also in nature (panentheism, not pantheism). For fundamentalists God is primarily in heaven and in the Bible. For liturgists God is in the formularies of the church. […]
Prayer And Meditation
Very approximately, a prayer time that works through rational points can be called a meditation, and a prayer time that works through imaginative points can be called a contemplation. In a meditation we are thinking, in a contemplation we are simply being there, absorbed in nothing more than gazing. Margaret Hebblethwaite, Finding God in All […]
Prayer For National Sorry Day
The following prayer is being offered by the Aboriginal and Islander Commission (AIC) to churches for use on Sunday 26 May in their services to observe National Sorry Day. The prayer is a symbol of the AIC’s belief in the sacredness and power of prayer for healing. The prayer will be placed on the NCCA’s […]
Treatment Combines Spirituality With Psychiatry
BRISBANE, May 1 AAP|Published: Wednesday May 1, 2002 3:22 PM A world-first treatment for severe depression combining spirituality and psychiatry had proven effective in patient trials, a conference was told today. Psychiatrist Russell D’Souza said trials had found the non-denominational cognitive behavioural therapy conducted in a hospital chapel was more effective than supportive counselling. “It […]
Spirituality And Leadership
ACT Masters’/Doctor of Ministry, Adelaide, September 22-23, 1999. Welcome to our class! Rowland Croucher Definitions: Spiritual theology is the search by humans of a relationship with the living God. Systematic theology is the _study_ of God and God’s ways. Moral theology is the study of ethical human behavior. Practical theology is the study of how […]
Labyrinths
Some helpful comments from a friend in the Uniting Church: A maze is designed to confuse and trick the walker. A labyrinth (normally) only has one path, so you can’t get it “wrong”, but the twists and turns still surprise you sometimes, just when you think you’re nearly there. It’s used for meditation, not recreation […]
On The Wings Of A Prayer
Just close your Eyes and open your heart, and feel your worries and cares depart. Just yield yourself to the Father above, and let him hold you secure in his love. For life on earth grows more involved, with endless problems that can’t be solved. But God only asks us to do our best, then […]
Time And Eternity: Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Sermon From The Memorial Service For Sir John Gorton
May 31, 2002 Time and Eternity: Archbishop Peter Jensen’s sermon from the Memorial Service for Sir John Gorton, former Prime Minister of Australia A State Memorial Service for Sir John Gorton, former Prime Minister of Australia, was held at St Andrew’s Cathedral today, Friday, May 31. Following is the text of the sermon preached by […]
The Prayer Diary Or Spiritual Journal
You may call to mind spiritual journals such as St. Augustine’s Confessions and others. Such journals, and our own more meager experiences, make it clear that God’s guidance in our lives is seen mainly in retrospect. How important it is then, to maintain some kind of record of our more significant questions, prayers, changes of […]
Spiritual Check-Up
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-110 A SPIRITUAL CHECK-UP From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. These are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is… the Son of God, and that… you may have life in his name. John 20:31. John’s […]
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