Religion
Rejecting traditional Spirituality? I think not...
30/06/07 00:46
Last night went to hear Ian Mobsby of
emerging church MOOT speaking at Blah Birmingham. Ian quoted
research suggesting that people are turning away from the
traditional spiritualities of the churches to alternative
spiritualities informed by New Age - I have to disagree - why?
because I don't see many churches actually teaching people how to
practice traditional christian spirituality. How many churches are
teaching people how to pray, to meditate, ways of contemplative
prayer, lectio and deep engagement with Scripture, really? What
people are turning away from then, is the shallower stuff that's
going on. I wonder what would happen if the discipleship practices
of the christian Tradition (with a capital 'T' rather than
'traditions') were being taught, practised and promoted? As Ian
said, it's the perceived traditional spirituality people are
leaving behind...
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The Convent
08/06/06 00:36
Iona arrives - 'The Convent': Wednesday 14th June BBC2 9pm
Last year's ground-breaking 'The Monastery' made riveting viewing as we watched the journey of 5 ordinary men who spent 40 days in Worth Abbey with life-changing results. This year's series about four women promises to be no less intriguing. Visit the Poor Clares mini site on the series. Andrew
focus
16/03/06 11:29
Maybe the
strength of the Jesus Prayer is that it focusses on Jesus; it
continually draws you to relate to Him, to consider Him, to believe
in Him, to experience His compassion for yourself and ask it for
others. The witness John wrote that Jesus said these words:
"Believe in God, believe also in me.' (John 14:1)
Subversive shopping
17/02/06 19:27
How can the simplicity of Jesus Prayer
Spirituality be reflected in our lifestyle? I was thinking about a
concept of 'subversive spending'; our consumer advertising promotes
the expectation that we'll buy top of the range products and spend
more than we 'need'. How about if when we shop, we buy the simpler,
'adequate' product, and always donate the difference between the
cost of that and the higher end product to those in need?
Andrew
The Jesus Prayer and Orthodoxy - again...
28/11/05 11:33
Orthodox Church in America on the Jesus Prayer
On the Prayer Rope
On practising the Jesus Prayer
St. Theophan the Recluse on Prayer
The Jesus Prayer and Orthodoxy
08/11/05 11:58
While away on Lindisfarne I met a
group of Orthodox pilgrims - it dawned on me that there aren't any
links or references to the Jesus Prayer on this site relating to
the Orthodox
church - what an omission! Do you know a good Orthodox site
with accessible teaching on the Jesus Prayer I could link to? Let
me know in a Comment. Andrew