A spirituality that grows to discover God in everything and everyone is what unfolds in Coffeehouse Contemplative, the 2016 book by Jeffrey A. Nelson, portrays the way of spiritual direction based on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.
The spiritual life involves seeking for value (the paradigm is prayer) and celebrating value (the paradigm is worship). When celebration predominates, the experiences of seeking, striving, and struggling are transformed.
A living faith is a growing faith, and sometimes on the journey the next step is a big step. When we struggle with a big step, we need to exercise the faith that we have.
Faith opens us so that spiritual truths and spirit beings can present themselves for recognition and relationship.
Last evening I attended a concert with the purpose of learning more about music, art, and life. And I was supremely rewarded.
The tip of the iceberg: wholeheartedness in its fullness is an experience of the soul, which implicitly includes the heart, mind, and strength. But what is the heart? And what is the soul, and how do we identify the soul in human experience? What is going on when we are half-hearted? And what can our own will-power contribute?
What does it mean to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and the neighbor as ourself? Come and see.
A simple experiment you may want to try with if you believe that God loves you, but you are not now able to feel it. First, raise your belief to the level of wholeheartedness.
Like a chauffeur who drives a dignitary around here and there, so that the dignitary may function and manifest, our first duty and privilege is to facilitate the entry of the beautiful, indwelling spirit into action.