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Spiritual formation 2009
For the past few years, I’ve been living on the other side of a mountain from my meeting, but I still visit frequently. And I participate in spiritual formation there, even though I can’t be with them regularly.
Today, I sent this update to my spiritual formation group:
Two days ago, I made a groundhog day resolution to keeping a journal as a spiritual discipline this year. My format is simple, just two paragraphs a day for actions and reflections. The first paragraph is for notable things I did, and the second paragraph is for afterthoughts or what’s been on my mind. I’m aware that my needs may evolve over time, but for the purpose of enduring commitment, simplicity seems best.
My hope is that this discipline will help illuminate the way, and undergird my experiments with Truth with sound method based on observation, imagination (since you can’t observe a hypothesis in Nature), experimentation, and reflection.
I find it easy to flake out on spiritual disciplines when I forget to ask for divine assistance and the support of faithful community. Even though I can’t be at spiritual formation meetings on a regular basis, I hope sharing this intention with y’all will bring more accountability to the endeavor.
Two days in, I’m learning a lot from this new journal, some of which will find its way here in the coming weeks, I think.
