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Soul Care

May 14, 2010 , , No Comments

If you have not become familiar with Mindy Caliguire’s site on Soul Care, it is worth a look. Soul care is a more focused area of spiritual formation that examines the heath of our inner life. She explains:

So what makes a soul healthy? Quite simply, a soul is healthy to the extent that it experiences a strong connection to and receptivity to God. Jesus was clear: “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5, TNIV). However, connecting this spiritual reality to how we actually live is another matter.

The Soul Care organization has developed to help you connect with your own spiritual reality, and give tools to change how you actually live – one step at a time. To do that, Mindy and the Soul Care team provide resources, events, and consulting with an aim to:

1. Foster authentic inner growth for individuals
2. Help organizations lead towards spiritual formation and
3. Mentor leaders to focusing on re-establishing their spiritual vitality as the primary step towards a lifestyle of sustainable ministry and leadership.

Go to Mindy’s site.

All the best for the Journey, Gavin.

Video: House of Prayer

February 17, 2010 , , No Comments
Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York, believes prayer is the barometer of the church’s success. It’s not how many people who show up to services that count, but how many come to pray. In this 50min video, Cymbala presents his vision of a praying church and tells the story of how the Brooklyn Tabernacle grew from literally a handful to having 1500 turn up at prayer meeting. Very inspiring.

Best wishes for the journey, Gavin.

Scougal on religion

February 1, 2010 , No Comments

Henry Scougal (1650-1678) wrote a book entitled, The Life of God in the Soul of Man, and it was reading this book that brought about a deep conversion in George Whitefield. At the beginning, Scougal defines religion and those that practice it as follows:

They know by experience that true religion is a union of the soul with God, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or, in the apostle’s phrase, “It is Christ formed within us.” . . . .

. . . . religion being a resemblance of the divine perfections, the image of the Almighty shining in the soul of man: nay, it is a real participation of his nature, it is a beam of the eternal light, a drop of that infinite ocean of goodness; and they who are endowed with it may be said to have “God dwelling in their souls, and Christ formed within them.” (39, 44)

I found this quote majestic and extremely challenging. What defines religion in your life–in your church? How does it compare to Scougal’s conception?

All the best for the Journey, Gavin.

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