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Tag Archives: spiritual disciplines
Silence: Thinking with God
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I had a discussion with a group of people recently about the value of silence. The group had been asked to observe a day of silence as a soul-training exercise. None of them had found a way … Continue reading
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Tagged multi-tasking, Scott Peck, silence, spiritual disciplines
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The Spiritual Discipline of Pondering
My Journey Recently I have developed the practice of pondering – as in “And Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart”(NIV). Ponder is an interesting word. It comes from the Latin pondus which meant “a … Continue reading
Holding all Things Loosely
A friend of mine keeps a small bowl of sand on her desk. Whenever she struggles to let go of a hurt or a worry or a problem that is not hers to solve, she holds some of the sand … Continue reading
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Tagged detachment, Ignatius of Loyola, Inner Compass, Margaret Silf, Richard Foster, spiritual disciplines
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