Spiritual Direction
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Spiritual Direction
Now here’s the crucial insight for Christian formation and discipleship: not only is this learning-by-practice the way our hearts are correctly calibrated, but it is also the way our loves and longings are misdirected and miscalibrated—not because our intellect has been hijacked by bad ideas but because our desires have been captivated by rival vis
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
the focus on Jesus as a continuous human subject, born, maturing, dying.
Rowan Williams • Christ the Heart of Creation
In contemporary society, our adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds.
~Richard Foster
Be fervent, then, in your spiritual work, for you will soon be rewarded. Then sorrow and fear will no longer assail you (see Rev 21:4).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
And not merely free to choose—since that’s what got me here in the first place—but free to choose the good. If freedom is going to be more than mere freedom from, if freedom is the power of freedom for, then I have to trade autonomy for a different kind of dependence.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
Three Goodnesses
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Many Christians and non-Christians experience the presence of evil but do not have the categories to evaluate the experience, let alone be set free from their presence.