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gnosticism, lectio, lectio-divina, mandaean, spiritual-disciplines, spiritual-reading, tao-te-ching, unamuno
Sample texts for practicing Spiritual Reading
07.21.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Sample texts for practicing Spiritual ReadingHere are some sample texts for trying out Spiritual Reading:
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davening, lectio, lectio-divina, spiritual-discipline, spiritual-disciplines, spiritual-reading
Spiritual Reading: Introduction
Last month I promised to start a series on the ancient spiritual discipline of Lectio Divina, or spiritual reading. And, well, here we go: some words on rationale, purpose, and sports equipment. But, first, why bother with spiritual disciplines? And what are they anyway? Spiritual disciplines are practices we use to shape who we are. […]
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fruit-of-the-spirit, metanoia, relationality, ruether, spiritual-disciplines, transformation, UU
Liberating faith, not liberal faith
06.15.06 | Permalink | 16 CommentsA follow up to “Calling the question“: There have been a couple of comments about this line: To state it baldly: we [UUs] do not have the luxury of doing things that do not transform lives (or lead to transformed lives). I thought I’d try to fill that out a little.
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hinduism, spiritual-disciplines, uuism, uus
Calling the question
06.13.06 | Permalink | 26 CommentsSo it’s time for Making Chutney to jump in on the controversy surrounding Rev. Peacebang’s recent post, “Having Opinions.” Better late than never, eh? To summarize her critique of UUism, which grows ever more precise: The Eternal Sharing of Opinions About Who We Areâ„¢.1 A potential turn off to new folks. Boring. And offers nothing […]
