Spiritual Disciplines Handbook  ## Metadata - Author: [[Adele Ahlberg Calhoun]] | [[3. Resources/Authors/Adele Ahlberg Calhoun|Adele Ahlberg Calhoun]] - Full Title: Spiritual Disciplines Handbook - Category: #books - Kindle: [Open in Kindle](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001INVRV4) - Document Tags: [[Faith]] ## Document Notes ## Highlights - He works with people, allowing their desires to draw him into the core conversations ([Location 378](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=378)) - Disciplines done for the wrong reasons actually sabotage transformation and numb us toward God and the truth. ([Location 427](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=427)) - Spiritual disciplines give the Holy Spirit space to brood over our souls. ([Location 433](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=433)) - We bring our ache for change, our longing for belonging, our desperation to make a difference. ([Location 438](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=438)) - Desiring God and not demanding an outcome keeps us in the risky place of waiting and longing. ([Location 443](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=443)) - So when we find ourselves in the space between desire and demand, when we are waiting on God and nothing seems to be happening, we must remember this space is an opportunity. ([Location 446](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=446)) - Mastery of every discipline is not the goal. Surrendering to God is. ([Location 489](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=489)) - The early church fathers sometimes spoke of a dancing Trinity. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit moved together in a rhythm of self-giving love. ([Location 563](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=563)) - Worship is a response to God’s invitation to join the dance. ([Location 563](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=563)) - We each have the power to interpret the facts of our lives. We ([Location 680](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=680)) - Doing is important. But eventually we come to the end of doing. Tasks get done sooner or later. Experiences end for better or for worse. But we never come to the end of a “being.” ([Location 1087](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1087)) - Being is a mystery that originated in the God who says, “I am who I am.” Knowing God or another human being completely will always be beyond what we can know. But through contemplation, intimacy with God and others can grow. ([Location 1088](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1088)) - “Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.” ([Location 1497](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1497)) - We can get so busy doing urgent things and so preoccupied with what comes next that we don’t experience now. ([Location 1640](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1640)) - become aware of the internal compulsion to hurry ([Location 1648](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1648)) - freedom from attachment to your opinions, your words, your authority; attachment to Jesus and his love and care for others ([Location 1705](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1705)) - resist being the teacher in social settings ([Location 1706](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1706)) - Information doesn’t necessarily transform or shape us. Learning something new doesn’t mean we are teachable. ([Location 1713](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1713)) - Become aware of your compulsions to let others know what you think. Notice when you’re composing what you will say next rather than listening to the one who is speaking. • When ([Location 1730](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1730)) - God’s Spirit of truth longs to help us detach from the lies that shape us. ([Location 1824](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=1824)) - We often plan special and intimate things for those we love, things we don’t share with others. Jesus invites us to do the same with him. ([Location 2129](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=2129)) - What is it like for you to savor something you learn rather than tell someone about it the first chance you get. ([Location 2139](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=2139)) - Christians are to live the radical unity-reality Jesus inaugurated. ([Location 3184](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=3184)) - Meditation is a way we train the mind to stay put so it can explore appropriate associations. ([Location 3499](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=3499)) - this planet does not belong to us but to God. ([Location 3647](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=3647)) - It is never possible to judge the value of any prayer based on feeling or experience alone. ([Location 4204](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001INVRV4&location=4204))