Hope you have all remained suitably chillaxed after last weeks gathering.
As promised, here are the books that Jack recommended for the next few sessions:
Eat This Book – The Art of Spiritual Reading, by Eugene Peterson. A look at the ancient discipline of lectio divina – spiritual reading – for a postmodern culture. Very good.
Everything Belongs – The Gift of Contemplative Prayer, by Richard Rohr – recommended by Ian Wedd.
Celebration of Discipline, by Richard Foster, practical instruction on the spiritual disciplines.
Christian spirituality – A Historical Sketch, by George A. Lane, S.J. Lane looks at the sources of the Christian spiritual traditions in order to establish a firm ground for a contemporary spirituality.
Loving God With All Your Mind – Thinking as a Christian in the Postmodern World, by Gene Edward Veith, Jr.
The Celtic Wheel of the Year – Celtic and Christian Prayers – Tess Ward. Beautiful guided prayers for every day of the year.
and the Gene Edward Veith, Jr. quote:
“. . .everything the mind is capable of doing is to be devoted to loving God. It would seem then that if your mind can spin out complex mathematical calculations, you are to love God in mathematics. If your mind can plan a business, design a building, analyze a novel, understand a philosophical problem, or imagine a story, you are to love God in your planning, designing, analyzing, understanding, or imagining. When Jesus says “all” mind, He is claiming every mental faculty we have.” Gene Edward Veith, Jr. Loving God With All Your Mind, pg. 150
