Active Spirituality: A Guide for Seekers and Ministers

Kent Ira Groff

doi:10.5771/9781566994637

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Copyright Year: 1993
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-117-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-463-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 220
Product Type: Monograph

1. CONTENTS No access
2. INDEX OF PRAYER EXERCISES No access
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
4. INTRODUCTION No access
1. Theme 1: Homesickness No access
2. CHAPTER I: Stirrings No access
3. CHAPTER II: Our Incurable Godsickness No access
1. CHAPTER IIl: The Paradoxical Way Home No access
2. CHAPTER IV: Implosions of Crazy, Holy Grace No access
1. Theme 3: The Discipline of Community No access
2. CHAPTER V: From Believing to Belonging No access
3. CHAPTER VI: Shema:The Language of Celebration No access
4. CHAPTER VII: Shema:The Language of Paying Attention No access
5. Theme 4: The Discipline of Solitude No access
6. CHAPTER VIII: Sabbath as Solitude-in-Community No access
7. CHAPTER X: Barriers, Benefits, and Bridges No access
8. Theme 5: The Discipline of the Heart and Mind No access
9. CHAPTER XI: Spiritual Re-Formation No access
10. CHAPTER XII: Questions and Stories No access
11. CHAPTER XIII: Creative Example No access
12. CHAPTER XIV: Creative Repetition No access
13. Theme 6: The Discipline of Service No access
14. CHAPTER XV: Service as Prayer No access
15. CHAPTER XVI: Samaritan Stewardship: Direct and Indirect No access
16. CHAPTER XVII: The "Service" of Worship: Silence, Hospitality, Simplicity No access
17. Theme 7: The Discipline of Vocation No access
18. CHAPTER XVIII Generativity: Bearing Fruits of Love No access
19. CHAPTER XIX: Mortification: Painful Prunings No access
20. CHAPTER XX: Discernment: A Lifelong Call No access
APPENDIX 1: Goals for Spiritual Disciplines No access Pages 199 - 201
APPENDIX 2: From Committee to Community No access Pages 202 - 204
NOTES No access Pages 205 - 220