Focus and linger
At
age 29 I cried out to an empty universe in the first authentic prayer of my
life: "God, if you are, I need help!" The
help came in ways I couldn't imagine.
At
age 29 I cried out to an empty universe in the first authentic prayer of my
life: "God, if you are, I need help!" The
help came in ways I couldn't imagine.
In philosophy and practice, spiritual
direction suggests that the individual self is insufficient as a locus
of meaning. No one can "do" spiritual direction alone.
Until I encountered spiritual direction, my prayer life was filled almost entirely with words.
A few years ago our local group of clergy met to discuss the level of spiritual maturity in our congregations. What put us onto the topic was research from Willow Creek Community Church that found no correlation between high involvement in the normal activities of congregational life and growth toward spiritual maturity.