Spirituality
Modern Urban Prayer
They tell me you’re available on certain conditions Quiet ones That if I can find an air of tranquillity it carries a still small voice but I can’t do quiet, stillness, I am not tranquil except when I am asleep and then I am not available as far as I know so what’s the chances […]
Praying For Freedom
This prayer helps us to put ourselves at God’s disposal. St Ignatius describes this ‘Preparatory prayer’ as asking for the grace that all my intentions, actions and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of the Divine Majesty. (The Spiritual Exercises, no. 46) You might try these words: Lord, I so wish […]
Male Spirituality
“Male Spirituality”: A Feminist Evaluation by Elizabeth T. Knuth May, 1993 —————————————————————————- —- “Men have souls as well as women.”[1] Introduction The past decade or so has seen a veritable explosion in religious publishing. Walk into the nearest bookstore, and you will encounter a bewildering array of books on various brands of spirituality. There seems […]
Our Real Work (Why Prayer Gets Pre-Empted)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-238 (Practical Christian Living) OUR REAL WORK Why prayer gets preempted by Ben Patterson Yogi Berra played a game in which the score was tied with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The batter from the opposing team stepped up and made the sign of the cross on home […]
The Enneagram
This stuff is fascinating… did you ever wonder why some people do the things they do? Did you ever wonder why WE do some of the things we do? The Enneagram (say any-a-gram) is such a neat system, because it can explain that stuff, it can help us understand ourselves better, and what’s really important […]
A Pastoral Prayer
[Thought I’d share this with you: the pastoral prayer prayed at Knox Baptist Church where I preached this morning]… Pastoral Prayer, Sunday, 22 April 2001 Thanks, for waking us to the sound of rain, the sweet fragrance of a wet garden, the dry earth drinking in replenishment. Your blessing poured out on our land… Thank […]
Saint
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-084 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris SAINT We generally think of saint as a very righteous person. We use the word of outstanding people like say ‘Saint Paul’ or ‘Saint John’. Or we say of someone whom we think to be a very good person, […]
God In All Things
"For the fulhede of joy is to beholden God in al." – Julian, XXXV (the fullness of joy is to see God in all things) The Jesuit priest, Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-89), knew how to see the fingerprints of His Creator: "The world is charged with the grandeur of God. / It will flame out, […]
Meditation
Subject: Re: Christian Responses to Martial Art and Meditation Date: 13 Sep 1999 11:38:53 +1000 From: (Andrew Bromage) Organization: Monash University Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian G'day all. Richard Kerr <> writes: >But even if you were chanting a name, say "Bruce", does that mean that >you are inviting the spirit of Bruce to possess you? Doesn't that […]
Spirituality And Leadership
[I thought I’d share some Brief Outline Notes of lectures given to Doctor of Ministry students Adelaide, September 22-23, 1999 with you. 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 […]
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