The monastic concept of stability translated into our spiritual life means “stay in your baptism.” . . . “A long obedience in the same direction.” . . . The spiritual life is not an escape from life but an affirmation of God’s way of life in the struggles we meet in our personal thoughts, in the relationships we have in the family, among our neighbors, at work, and in our leisure. This Christian life is an embodied life. It affirms that all of life belongs to God, and God is everywhere in life. We can choose to be stable following Jesus in all places, at all times, among all situations, and among all people. — Robert Webber, The Divine Embrace: Recovering the Passionate Spiritual Life (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2006), 201-202.