And… we’re back! Well I am. Back to hunting for a deeper relationship through what are lovingly called Spiritual Disciplines. And I guess they are disciplines because they need self-discipline to properly explore them. But I think I may have said before that they shouldn’t be strict or harsh – then they become religious exercises.Continue reading “Hunting for God: Solitude”
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God equips the called
I was going to tag this on to the last post but as I was writing I felt it was important enough to deserve it’s own page. 6 weeks without posting, then twice in one day! I have written before about how important my friends have been as I have learnt about having a relationshipContinue reading “God equips the called”
Hunting for God: Worship 4 (a little late!)
So, I’m back! Got the final week of exploring worship to write about, so I’ll start there. I had a really interesting conversation with a friend about what counts as a song of worship. There are a lot of Christian songs out there, but do they all count as worship songs? My friend made theContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship 4 (a little late!)”
Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3
Who knew that exploring the discipline of worship would be so challenging? Ok, to be fair the clue is in the word ‘discipline’, but it’s another of those things that people don’t really teach about. If you worship together with others, everyone just sort of does it. If you entered a church (pre-Covid) you wouldContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship weeks 2 and 3”
Hunting for God: Worship week 1
What a time to explore what worship means while hunting for God! It’s the next discipline in Jo Swinney’s book, but current restrictions… Here’s how I understand it: Worship is an attitude of the heart of praising God and being humble in his presence. It is to be done alone and with others. However, haveContinue reading “Hunting for God: Worship week 1”
Hunting for God: Study and the bible week 3 and 4
I didn’t write last week, partly because I didn’t have much to report, and partly because this month I’m aiming to walk 21,000 steps a day and I was exhausted. That means I also didn’t have a huge amount of energy to read books, because I couldn’t manage to concentrate on the words. As IContinue reading “Hunting for God: Study and the bible week 3 and 4”
Hunting for God: Study and the Bible week 2
So, turns out being disciplined in study is actually very hard to do when restrictions are lifting and we are allowed to start seeing people again! Who knew?! Anyway, I’ve done my best. I haven’t managed to read and take in a complete chapter of any book. (I’ve managed the whole ‘read the same lineContinue reading “Hunting for God: Study and the Bible week 2”
Hunting for God: Study and the Bible
4 weeks of exploring prayer. 4 weeks of exploring fasting. The next one in the book is 4 weeks of bible study. Now I have a reasonable knowledge of the bible. I am by no means a biblical scholar but I know enough to be able to quote encouraging verses, and I know a lotContinue reading “Hunting for God: Study and the Bible”
Hunting for God: Fasting, Final Week
So here we are, the final week of fasting. Once again posting on the wrong day. No excuse, just ran out of time due to other commitments like being able to see my family in person for the first time in 4 months. Although I’ve still got a further 10 days of my personal fast,Continue reading “Hunting for God: Fasting, Final Week”
Hunting for God: Fasting week 3
It’s a strange feeling to get to the end of a week and stop to reflect. This week’s post is also a couple of days late, but only because I’ve been trying to work out what to say. I made a note in my journal in the middle of the week about how exhausted andContinue reading “Hunting for God: Fasting week 3”
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