SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

HANDBOOK

Practices That Transform Us

REVISED AND EXPANDED

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

An imprint of InterVarsity Press

Downers Grove, Illinois

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Revised and expanded edition ©2015 by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Original edition ©2005 by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

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ISBN 978-0-8308-9911-1 (digital)

ISBN 978-0-8308-4605-4 (print)

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Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg, 1949-

Spiritual disciplines handbook : practices that transform us / Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. -- Revised and Expanded Edition.

1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN 978-0-8308-9911-1 (eBook) -- ISBN 978-0-8308-4605-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Spiritual life--Christianity. I. Title.

BV4501.3

248.4--dc23

2015035286

For fellow pilgrims at

Christ Church of Oak Brook,

Park Street Church, Boston, and

IVCF/IFES.

Your desires for God have graced my journey.

Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition

The Spiritual Disciplines and Desires

Discovering Your Desire

Part 1: Worship

Celebration

Gratitude

Holy Communion

Rule for Life

Sabbath

Visio Divina

Worship

Part 2: Open Myself to God

Contemplation

Examen

Iconography

Journaling

Pilgrimage

Practicing the Presence

Rest

Retreat

Self-Care

Simplicity

Slowing

Teachability

Unplugging

Part 3: Relinquish the False Self

Confession and Self-Examination

Detachment

Discernment

Mindfulness/Attentiveness

Secrecy

Silence

Sobriety

Solitude

Spiritual Direction

Submission

Waiting

Part 4: Share My Life with Others

Accountability Partner

Chastity

Community

Covenant Group

Discipling

Face-to-Face Connection

Hospitality

Mentoring

Service

Small Group

Spiritual Friendship

Unity

Witness

Part 5: Hear Gods Word

Bible Study

Lectio Divina/Devotional Reading

Meditation

Memorization

Part 6: Incarnate the Love of Christ

Blessing Others/Encouragement

Care of the Earth

Compassion

Control of the Tongue

Forgiveness

Humility

Justice

Solidarity in Jesus’ ...

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About Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us

Maybe you long for a more intimate prayer life or deeper insight from God's Word but just don't know how to get there. Or maybe you want to learn about new spiritual disciplines like visio divina, unplugging or attentiveness. In Spiritual Disciplines Handbook Adele Calhoun gives us directions for our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ. While the word discipline may make us want to run and hide, the author shows how desires and discipline work together to lead us to the transformation we're longing for—the transformation only Christ can bring. Instead of just giving information about spiritual disciplines, this handbook is full of practical, accessible guidance that helps you actually practice them. With over 80,000 copies in print, this well-loved catalog of seventy-five disciplines has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author. Mothers, fathers, plumbers, nurses, students—we're all on a journey. And spiritual disciplines are for all of us who desire to know Christ deeply and be like him. Here is direction for our desire, leading us to the ultimate destination: more of Christ himself.

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