May 20th, 2010
Today is the official release date for Mystically Wired. It’s a book about intimacy, a hallmark of the spirituality I learned from John Wimber, captured in the intimate worship songs of Vineyard. But, as the sub-title (Exploring New Realms in Prayer) infers, the book explores new forms of prayer, new ways of praying, and new experiences mediated by those new ways. Which, of course, are mainly old ways, forgotten, neglected or left unexplored thanks to that great blinding influence: prejudice.
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Tags: Anthony Bloom, john wimber, nature, prayer, silence, the divine hours, The Jesus Prayer, Vineyard
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April 30th, 2009
Many pastors I know are subject to the mental cruelty of their own rumination. Oh, it’s the bane of pastoral ministry! Rumination, like a cow chewing her cud, swallowing, regurgitating to chew some more, ad nauseum, pun intended. It’s as unpleasant as it sounds when it happens in your head: going over and over the same thought, the same problem solving inner dialogue, the same rehearsed conversation for extended periods, ad nauseum, no fun intended.
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Tags: frontal lobe, Jesus, misery, overthinking, pious anxiety, prayer, praying brain, rumination, silence, stillness
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