Spirituality
James Conlon: Invisible Excursions
James Conlon, Invisible Excursions: A Compass for the Journey, (Wyndham Hall Press, 2012). The names commending this visionary autobiography (Diarmuid O ¢â‚¬â„¢Murchu et. al.), writing a Foreword (Rosemary Radford Ruether), and those of James Conlon ¢â‚¬â„¢s mentors (Thomas Berry, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Matthew Fox) give anyone who reads the burgeoning literature on Christian Spirituality an inkling […]
EKNATH EASWARAN: Original Goodness
EKNATH EASWARAN: Original Goodness: on the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount (1989/1966). Recently posted to my Facebook page: photo of young lady sitting in a meditative posture with hands open, saying: ¢â‚¬ËœHurry up peace of mind, I don ¢â‚¬â„¢t have all day! ¢â‚¬â„¢ My recently-discovered expert on meditation, Eknath Easwaran, is the writer I would […]
Clergy Self-Care (Roy Oswald)
‘Unfortunately, the majority of us clergy were sent to our places of ministry with a minimal amount of support or training in spiritual formation. Somehow, between courses in theology and the Bible, plus daily chapel attendance, we budding pastors were supposed to develop into spiritual giants. Yet, in the three years I spent in a […]
THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster)
THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster), London: H&S 1957 Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s the best 20th century book on practical Christ-like holiness in the English language, published twenty years before Richard Foster ¢â‚¬â„¢s Celebration of Discipline. W E Sangster, commonly acclaimed as the ¢â‚¬Ëœgreatest Methodist since Wesley ¢â‚¬â„¢ was a unique pastor/scholar/saint, and one of the first […]
Anne Lamott quotes
I like these… ¢â‚¬Å“You will lose someone you can ¢â‚¬â„¢t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t seal back up. And you come […]
Religion and mystery…
A tuning fork for the soul BY: NIKKI GEMMELL From: The Australian April 07, 2012 WHAT happened a decade ago? A veneration of … what? Mystery. A veering towards it like an ocean liner subtly altering course for a new destination in the great ocean of life. Yet the destination’s unknown. Once I worked at […]
Richard Rohr, A Lever and a Place to Stand
Richard Rohr, A Lever and a Place to Stand: The Contemplative Stance, the Active Prayer (2011: The World Community of Christian Meditation). My friends tell me that one of the memories they take away from my Leadership Seminars ¢â‚¬“ and sometimes my preaching – is a few of ¢â‚¬ËœCroucher ¢â‚¬â„¢s Global Statements ¢â‚¬â„¢. OK, (give a dog […]
SELF-AWARENESS
TOWARD A REFORMED THEOLOGY OF SELF-AWARENESS Mike Johnson September 29, 2011 John Calvin includes this peculiar statement in the introduction to his institutes: ¢â‚¬Å“Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God. ¢â‚¬ It is such a strange statement from someone so focused on God first and foremost. This statement sounds like something that would […]
PRAYER OF A HUMBLE SERVANT
(Some of you might pray this ‘Covenant Prayer’ regularly in Communion Services): I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will; Put me to doing, put me to suffering; let me employed for You or laid aside for You; exalted for You or brought […]
Solidarity in Weakness
Joy is hidden in compassion. The word compassion literally means “to suffer with.” It seems quite unlikely that suffering with another person would bring joy. Yet being with a person in pain, offering simple presence to someone in despair, sharing with a friend times of confusion and uncertainty … such experiences can bring us deep joy. […]
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