Sentences with phrase «practice as a spiritual practice»

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From then on I realized that practices such as cold showers (or «Scottish showers» as some call it) are a terrific way to practice spiritual non-resistance.

As a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristicAs a result, evangelical liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices of more high church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristicas the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristics.

Another way to frame this would be to say that I slowly came to see leadership as a spiritual practice.

As a spiritual practice, leadership is as demanding as any other, and yet as promising and transformative as welAs a spiritual practice, leadership is as demanding as any other, and yet as promising and transformative as welas demanding as any other, and yet as promising and transformative as welas any other, and yet as promising and transformative as welas promising and transformative as welas well.

The acceptance of homosexuality as being a normal, acceptable practice when the Bible clearly states otherwise, is a cause for the spiritual welfare of those that are straying from the path.

In this story two related elements of leadership as a spiritual practice are evident: first, leaders lead.

Is this audacious move also part of leadership as a spiritual practice?

But this gets to the very heart of leadership as a spiritual practice: it is not about the leader.

In Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home, Rev. Traci Smith, a Presbyterian pastor and mama of three, offers super-practical, creative ideas for developing spiritual practices as a family.

I want to embrace the practice of rising up, of resurrection, as the spiritual discipline it was always meant to be: disruptive and insistent, joyful and off - the - path.

AA's twelve steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole [quoted from the forward to the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions].

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and practice these principles in all our affairs.

Spiritual practices may take the form of meditation but will not be understood as conversation with an external personal being.

I speak throughout Canada and internationally to churches, conferences, women's groups, universities, and workshops on topics ranging from spiritual formation, a sacramental view of living, being a Christian feminist, the ways that we can navigate change throughout our faith journey, the embrace of ancient church practices as a charismatic Christian, writing, social justice, and many other topics.

Literal human sacrifice comes to mind as one such spiritual practice.

To be spiritual may be something as simple as a meditation practice.

As such it requires a degree of maturity, both spiritual and psychological, in the individual undertaking it; she must have lived long enough as a virgin in adulthood to be «serene in the practice of chastity by which she is able to fulfil her resolve to remain in the virginal state over a lifetime» (Archbishop Burke op cit para 17As such it requires a degree of maturity, both spiritual and psychological, in the individual undertaking it; she must have lived long enough as a virgin in adulthood to be «serene in the practice of chastity by which she is able to fulfil her resolve to remain in the virginal state over a lifetime» (Archbishop Burke op cit para 17as a virgin in adulthood to be «serene in the practice of chastity by which she is able to fulfil her resolve to remain in the virginal state over a lifetime» (Archbishop Burke op cit para 17).

Instead, we adopt spiritual practices and attitudes and beliefs, all as an avoidance of the real work... taking up the cross!

Also, the Sufi orders have some practices which resemble those of the tribes of Africa, such as the prescribed daily recitations, the gathering around the Shaikh, or head of the order, belief in spiritual powers, and communal living.

More than an intellectual manifesto, the invitation pledges signers to specific spiritual practices: maintaining a vital prayer life, conducting works of mercy and engaging in a regular Friday fast «as a form of prayerful resistance to the idolatrous practices of our culture.»

For as well as theoretical reflection on the moral significance of a decision, there are other ways and means by which a human being can either become clear about the rightness and conformity to God's will of a decision, or at least improve the conditions for its correct formation: the general cultivation of courage, unselfishness, self - denial, the practice of the art of making vital particular decisions which can not be deduced by purely theoretical consideration as this art is taught by the masters of the spiritual life.

Instead, we adopt spiritual practices and attitudes and beliefs, all as an avoidance of the real workâ $ ¦ taking up the cross!»

She invites her readers into Christian practices that heighten both the spiritual and relational dimensions of time, so that we may live with greater authenticity as people created in God's image — with an awareness of time as a gift rather than a burden thrust upon us by our daily planners, and with a sense of being «attuned to the active presence of God.»

While different from the role practiced in the local church, it is essentially a recognition of spiritual authority based on relational and proven experience as opposed to positional leadership.

Small but growing numbers of Christian theologians in Europe and North America have begun to meet regularly with Buddhists to foster mutual understanding and growth, one result of which is the recently established international Society for Buddhist - Christian Studies.4 In addition, following the lead of the late Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, many Roman Catholic monastics have begun to use meditative practices as an adjunct to their own spiritual disciplines (Walker).

YWAM has embraced the concept of Spiritual Eldership as an intentional value and practice within the mission.

We have to learn how to be friends... intimacy with God is developed through intentional spiritual practices and habits... Such habits form us into people of virtue capable of living as the friends of God we are created to be,» Makant says.

Religious and spiritual practices are generally approached on an «as - needed» basis and discarded or changed when no longer necessary.

«Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.»

Tasawwuf is a spiritual path through which one seeks to rise above and evolve beyond the limited teachings, beliefs, rituals, practices, etc. of organized religion, whether Islam or any other religion, and establish a constant awareness of the One so as to receive all guidance from the One through one's heart.

Jesus practiced the genuine spiritual life according all matter and material sense with all its sin, sickness and death as nothing in contradistinction to the Life, Truth and Love, of Spirit.

Or is it a spiritual condition or secure state attained as a result of meditational practice?

Such practices as reading the Bible, hearing sermons, practicing family worship, and examining one's spiritual life all came to be emphasized as evidences of divine election.

But now the original sense of pilgrimage as a concretely physical spiritual practice is being recovered by broad sections of the Christian community and by people beyond the church's walls as well.

The spiritual vision of modernity as we know it in ideology and practice has emphasized three aspects of realty, namely progress through differentiation and autonomy of individuality; the concept of the world as history moving towards the Future through the creativity of human rationality; and the ethos of secularism as the basis of social ordering.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of conscSpiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of conscspiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

it is through the devotional, «spiritual,» prayerful practice of Christianity that one has a «real apprehension» (as contrasted with a merely «notional apprehension») of what doctrinal statements are all about.»

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

On researching my experiences I discovered that when some persons engage in intense spiritual practices like intense prayer, meditation etc. it induces psychotic and psychic symptoms as I described above.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

A Wesleyan vision, then, practices a ressourcement of the spiritual streams of historic Christianity as a way of promoting and advancing holiness and thereby renewing the churches.

As a Christian, I grew up learning about traditional forms of spiritual practices, such as prayer and fastinAs a Christian, I grew up learning about traditional forms of spiritual practices, such as prayer and fastinas prayer and fasting.

Jesus followers who are unchurched talk about spiritual matters half as much as most practicing Christians, and four times less than evangelicals.

To bear witness as a spiritual practice means to keep in mind these things while pursuing a life of justice.

In light of this, can it be agreed that a study of theology that takes place, as at Steubenville, alongside a firm spiritual practice (Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, traditional Marian and other devotions) and a clear moral stance (students living celibate lives supported by households and communities) is a necessary part of a strategy for Catholic theology?

Although maintaining an emphasis on individual transformation as the key, recent years have witnessed a movement beyond this exclusive focus to advocate the need for transformation on all levels — individual, interpersonal, institutional, and political — and the explicit valuation of social engagement as part of committed spiritual practice.

Our community allows for people of all faiths and both celebrates and practices the Golden Rule as a spiritual and human duty.

Evangelism should be a spiritual practice, not a program... as normal as reading your bible or praying.

Through practices such as meditation and affirmative prayer (sometimes called «spiritual mind treatment»), transformation of the individualized mind, or «consciousness,» may be accomplished, along with a corresponding transformation of life experience.

I am spiritual in the sense that i believe in God as a higher power but I am not religious in the sense that i do nt practice an «organized» religion.