Quote of the Week
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Oct 26, 2020: Spirituality
There is both a negative and positive side to spirituality. Through the negative, we assert the necessity of rising above life to reach God through self-abandonment and quiet. In the positive, we meet God in the responsibility of life, in the process of history, in the issues of the day. One without the other is incomplete. . . . We must learn, then, not to have a spirituality, something we turn on at a particular place or time, but to be spiritual, as a habit of life, a continuous state of being.
-Robert Webber, Common Roots: The Original Call to an Ancient-Future Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 268. -
Oct 19, 2020: Spiritual Directors
There is a need to return to the practice of spiritual directors. The office of a spiritual director emerged within monasticism in the early church among the monks who needed the direction of a wise and mature person. The principle is already laid down in the personal relationship that existed between Paul and Timothy. . . . The ultimate task of a spiritual director is to help the younger Christian find the will of God.
-Robert Webber, Common Roots: The Original Call to an Ancient-Future Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 267-268. -
Oct 12, 2020: Daily Prayer Rhythm
Meditation is . . . a fixed attention on the object of faith, Jesus Christ, which increases our awareness of him and his work for us. In turn, this awareness creates an identification with Christ, a love for him, and a desire to serve him. The early church adopted the practice of Judaism: prayer three times a day at the third, the sixth, and the ninth hour. . . . A regular habit of prayer throughout the day . . . is a means for continual spiritual nourishment.
-Robert Webber, Common Roots: The Original Call to an Ancient-Future Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 266-267. -
Oct 5, 2020: Inclusivity
The whole church belongs to God, and not just part of it. We need to see the particular emphasis of our own subculture as well as that of others as a necessary and vital part of the whole. True spirituality is inclusive, not exclusive.
-Robert Webber, Common Roots: The Original Call to an Ancient-Future Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 265. -
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