Chapter Two — What Is Spirituality and How Do You Practice it?

My trip away has put us a little bit behind, but I want to thank Jon and Jenny for picking up the slack last week.

In many ways, Chapter two of “The Sacred Way” builds on what Tony wrote in the first chapter. In some ways I find it more helpful in that it offers good definitions for what Marjorie Thompson calls “The Spiritual Life.” Tomorrow we’re going to look at those definitions and talk about what we are seeking in our own journeys.

Here are some random questions to be thinking about:

• Tony suggests that all of us (and all of humanity) is on a quest for something. What are we looking for (which as Bono suggests, we still haven’t found)? Is it simply a search for meaning or is there something more?
• Tony defines spirituality as “to be enlivened by God’s Spirit?” What does it me to be enlivened, and how do you experience God’s Spirit?
• Why do you think that seeking after god requires exercise/practice and doesn’t necessarily come naturally to us?

Throw out any other questions you might have along the way, and if you read this Tony, what would you say is the most important thing you would like folks to take from this chapter.

jv

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