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Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Introduction to the Second Edition

How to Use This Book

Week One: Choose the Right Perspective

Week One: Day One: There Is No Shortcut

Week One: Day Two: Neither Diary, Nor Artwork

Week One: Day Three: It’s A Mirror

Week One: Day Four: Your Personal Growth Assistant

Week One: Day Five: Understand How We Learn

Week Two: Prepare Your Tools

Week Two: Day One: Gracious Flexibility

Week Two: Day Two: Time & Space

Week Two: Day Three: Frequency & Faithfulness

Week Two: Day Four: Pen & Paper, Keys & Screens

Week Two: Day Five: The Key That Opens the Door

Week Three: Understand the Essential Ingredients

Week Three: Day One: The Spine

Week Three: Day Two: Silence

Week Three: Day Three: Inward Reflection

Week Three: Day Four: Godward Reflection

Week Three: Day Five: Prayer

Week Four: Journaling with a Template

Week Four: Day One: Why Use a Template?

Week Four: Day Two: The Fifteen-Minute Slow Down

Week Four: Day Three: The Thirty-Minute Guided Devotional

Week Four: Day Four: The Fifty-Minute Inner Life Reflection

Week Four: Day Five: Don’t Customize Just Yet

Week Five: Empowering Your Habit

Week Five: Day One: Notice Competing Habits

Week Five: Day Two: Anchor a Chain Trigger

Week Five: Day Three: Choose an Effective Reward

Week Five: Day Four: Notice & Name Your Wins

Week Five: Day Five: Live in Practical Grace

Week Six: Ongoing Maintenance

Week Six: Day One: Be Realistic About the Time Needed

Week Six: Day Two: Make Wise Changes

Week Six: Day Three: Implement an FTF Routine

Week Six: Day Four: Make Level Paths

Week Six: Day Five: Choose Faithfulness

Appendix 1: What Is Spiritual Growth?

Appendix 2: Silence for the Children of Noise

Appendix 3: Building and Evaluating Your Journal Template

Appendix 4: Recommended Tools and Tips

Appendix 5: Ways to Practice

Appendix 6: Literature on Habit Building

Thank You So Much!

Other Things from Marc:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Welcome to Our House!

I kept waiting for this book to disappoint; for it to turn into something harsh rather than kind, rigid rather than flexible, even more harmful than helpful. It did not, and I am grateful. If you have a nudge to find accessible ways to get your inner world out, Marc’s step-by-step contribution to this adventure is for you. Read slowly, take your time, play with the work, and thank me later!

Wm. Paul Young
Author, The Shack, Crossroads, and Eve

Marc Alan Schelske’s manual on journaling is among the most accessible and practical guides that I’ve encountered. As someone prone to binges and famines in my devotional writing, his contribution of patterns and principles that become healthy habits is an invaluable tool. Six weeks for a new way of being? Yes, please!

Dr. Bradley Jersak
Principal of St. Stephen’s University, Director of the SSU School of Theology & Culture, author, Out of the Embers: Faith After the Great Deconstruction.

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About Journaling for Spiritual Growth: Six Weeks to Build a Habit That Fosters Spiritual and Emotional Maturity

A Guilt-Free, Non-Intimidating Guide to
How Journaling Will Change You


Over the centuries, journaling has emerged as one of the most consistently transformative practices, recommended by leaders across spiritual traditions, therapists, coaches, and others. Why, then, are so many people intimidated by journaling today, while others try it—only to give it up, feeling frustrated or guilty that they couldn’t maintain the practice?
 
Author Marc Alan Schelske experienced the same feelings of frustration and guilt. Through personal experience, research, and working with others, he has compiled proven ways to develop and maintain a wholehearted and fulfilling practice of journaling—which he’s now kept up for over twenty-five years.
 
Journaling for Spiritual Growth is different from other kinds of journaling. Its focus is getting to know yourself better, with an expectation of God’s presence in the process and a commitment to listen. Incorporating both ancient spiritual wisdom and current neurobiology, Marc explains how to be present to your life and hear what the Spirit is doing within you. Although based in the Christian tradition, this material has been used successfully by people from a wide variety of backgrounds and traditions.
 
Through a step-by-step process over six weeks, you will gradually learn and grow in the practice of journaling through empathetic instruction and prompts infused with “gracious flexibility.” The author shows you:

• What mindsets and questions are most helpful for lasting growth

• Which journaling pattern is the best fit for you

• What expectations undermine—and enhance—journaling’s effects

• How to create a sustainable habit for your individual life and temperament

As you are guided by this encouraging book, you will find journaling to be a vital and life-changing spiritual practice for you.

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