December 17, 2008
Last Wednesday evening I was reminded by Terry Smith of a wonderful summary of worship from William Temple, Archbishop of Cantebury (1942-1944). It was Temple’s vision of how liturgical community can help spiritually form a person. Terry first heard it from E. H. Ijams who, at the time, was an elder at the Highland Church […]
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Spirituality | Tagged: Beauty, Contemplation, Contemplative Prayer, E. H. Ijams, God, Holiness, Love, Meditation, Prayer, Purposes, Spirituality, Truth, Worship |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 11, 2008
Last Saturday evening Jennifer and I attended a 5th-8th talent show at the Lipscomb Campus School. It was almost three hours long, but had several excellent performances. However, it was long. About thirty minutes into the program, I began to feel uncomfortable. Something was gnawing at me. My insides were pushing me to run, to […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal, Spirituality | Tagged: Contemplation, Envy, Forgiveness, Forgiving God, Hurt, Meditation, Pain, Prayer, Resentment, Spirituality, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 11, 2008
One last post on spiritual or contemplative reading of Scripture….I think. Afterwards, I will take a weekend break from blogging to enjoy some time with my wife. “Praying the Psalms” has been a intermittent habit of mine. Sometimes I have devoted myself to it and at other times I have laid it aside. As I […]
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Hermeneutics, Pastoral Care, Spirituality | Tagged: Bible-Psalms, Contemplation, Contemplative Bible Reading, Lament, Meditation, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Reading, Spirituality |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 10, 2008
I admit it. I lied. I said this would be a three post series, but I wanted to add a another form of communal spiritual reading that I have enjoyed on many occasions in the past five years. It is called–at least as I know it–“Dwelling in the Word.” There are several good resources available on […]
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Hermeneutics, Spirituality | Tagged: Bible Reading, Bible-Luke, Bible-Psalms, Contemplation, Contemplative Reading, Dwelling in the Word, Hermeneutics, Lectio Divina, Meditation, Spiritual Reading |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 9, 2008
As I mentioned in my previous post, I was enriched by attending a session on contemplative spirituality at Lipscomb’s Summer Celebration led by Randy Harris, Rhonda Lowry and Gary Holloway. In this post I will describe how Gary Holloway reminded me of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina which has been part of my spiritual meditations off […]
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Hermeneutics, Spirituality | Tagged: Bible Reading, Bible-Isaiah, Contemplation, Contemplative Bible Reading, Lectio Divina, Meditation, Prayer, Scripture, Spirituality |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 8, 2008
Last Friday, July 4, I attended a session on contemplative spirituality led by Randy Harris, Rhonda Lowry and Gary Holloway at Lipscomb’s Summer Celebration. These three along with Jackie Halstead lead a seminar on deepening spiritualitysponsored by New Wineskins. I have not yet participated in the program but I know some who have. I have […]
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Hermeneutics, Spirituality | Tagged: Bible Reading, Bible-Mark, Contemplation, Contemplative Bible Reading, Inductive Bible Study, Meditation, Scripture, Spirituality |
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