Spiritual Practice

Speaker(s): Gordon T. Smith
Date: Fall 2012
Length: 19h 18min
Product ID: RGDL4222S

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Description

This course considers the place of intentional spiritual practice in the life of the Christian believer and the life of the church, along with the interplace of the two. "Spiritual practice" is about intentionality in the pursuit of the holiness that is the gift of the Spirit. The course lectures will stress that the Christian is not a self-constructed entity, and that the church is not constituted by strategic planning, but rather that the individual Christian and the church are animated and sustained by union with Christ and the fullness of the Spirit. Lectures include:

Course Introduction: The City in Crisis
Trinitarian Perspective
Intro Readings; What is Spiritual Formation?
Vocation
To Love is to Serve; Grace
Spiritual Practice: What is it?
Introduction to the Second Part of the Course
Ancient Liturgy and Faithful Worship
Prayer and Care Casting
Reading Scripture as Spiritual Practice
Approaching Scripture
The Gospels
Introduction to the Third Part of the Course
Birding and Gardening; Fierce Landscapes
Creation Care, Education, Scholarship as Spiritual Practice
The Examine, Contemplation, and Hospitality as Spiritual Practice
Conclusion

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Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Ambrose University College and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, and the author of Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity, Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.