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The author discusses the following disciplines, providing reflection questions and spiritual exercises: accountability partner, Bible study, breath prayer, care of the earth, celebration, centering prayer, chastity, community, compassion, confession/self-examination, contemplation, contemplative prayer, control of the tongue, conversational prayer, covenant group, detachment, devotional reading, discernment, discipling, examen, fasting, fixed-hour prayer, gratitude, Holy Communion, hospitality, humility, inner-healing prayer, intercessory prayer, journaling, justice, labyrinth prayer, liturgical prayer, meditation, memorization, mentoring, practicing the presence, prayer of recollection, prayer partners, praying Scripture, prayer walking, rest, retreat, rule for life, Sabbath, secrecy, self-care, service, silence, simplicity, small group, solitude, spiritual direction, spiritual friendship, stewardship, submission, teachability, truth telling, unity, unplugging, witness, worship. The appendices include ideas for using the disciplines in personal, small group, and congregational settings. |
