selected readings for individuals and groups on the twelve spiritual disciplines Foster, Richard J. ed. Griffin, Emilie ed. text xxu San Francisco HarperSanFrancisco c2000 1st ed. monographic eng

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xv, 377 p. : 24 cm. 1. Meditation -- 2. Prayer -- 3. Fasting -- 4. Study -- 5 Simplicity -- 6. Solitude -- 7. Submission -- 8. Service -- 9. Confession -- 10. Worship -- 11. Guidance -- 12. Celebration. Introduction -- Meditation: A godly meditation / Thomas More. Meditation ; How to meditate ; Contemplation : the prayer of loving attention ; How to contemplate / Joyce Huggett. The gift of contemplation / Thomas Merton. The soul describes the seven stages / Marguerite Porete -- Prayer: Is praying difficult? ; Superabundance of the heart / André Louf. Experiments in prayer / Agnes Sanford. Starting to pray ; How and why short prayer pierces heaven / Author of The cloud of unknowning. Concerning the Our Father / Simone Weil -- Fasting: A fasting on criticalness / Catherine Marshall. Fasting, a source of trial / John Henry Newman. Cleansing of the heart / Augustine of Hippo. Prayer and fasting, public or private? / William Law -- Study: The cause of spiritual stupidity / George MacDonald. The secret of leadership / Lilias Trotter. Three New Testament serendipities / J.B. Phillips. Is there not a shorter way? / Phoebe Palmer -- Simplicity: The blessedness of possessing nothing / A.W. Tozer. Do not be anxious about your life / Martin Luther. The Lord opened unto me / George Fox. All for nothing, nothing for all / Clare of Assisi -- Solitude: The silent beach, the bowl of stars / Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Solitude and silence / Thomas à Kempis. The meaning of silence / John Main. The power of listening, the power of silence / Paul Tournier -- Submission: In my great task-master's eye / John Milton. The shepherd in search of lost obedience / Thomas R. Kelly. Wait and wait again / Richard of St. Victor. God's instrument / Alan Paton -- Service: Give all for all / Hadewijch of Antwerp. When our work becomes a spiritual work working in the world / Meister Eckhart. Hospitality to the poor / Dorothy Day. God of my daily routine / Karl Rahner -- Confession: Letter to Christian laypeople / Hildegard of Bingen. Sinfulness in society / Dorothy L. Sayers. Why do men stupefy themselves? / Leo Tolstoy. Reconcile your past / Adolfo Quezada -- Workship: We are called to workship / Evelyn Underhill. O for a thousand tongues to sing / Charles Wesley. God's grandeur ; Pied beauty / Gerard Manley Hopkins. The glory of God ; The chief end of prayer / Andrew Murray -- Guidance: On love and non-violence / Martin Luther King Jr.. Christ guides us to seeing / John Ruusbroec. Rules for the discernment of spirits / Ignatius Loyola. Enjoying the floods and other disasters / G.K. Chesterton -- Celebration: A Christmas carol / Christina Rossetti. Sarah's laughter / Frederick Buechner. At the wedding of Odette Bacot and Jean Teilhard d'Eyry (14 June 1928) / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Religious joy ; Christ, a quickening spirit / John Henry Newman -- Readings for the fifth week: The firstfruits of the spirit / John Wesley. Comparatively small faults and virtues / Hannah More. What it means to be a creature / Frederick William Faber. The traffic of the temple / Amy Carmichael. Richard J Foster; Emilie Griffin (eds.). "A Renovaré resource for spiritual renewal." Includes bibliographical references and index Spiritual life Christianity Devotional calendars BV4501.2 .S65 2000 9780060628727 161018 20191209120514.0