The Journey : Spiritual Disciplines

It assisted me in how to look closely at my journey, vocation, devotional and meditational times. As I take on this journey trying my best to stay on path with God, who will lead me in a righteous way I plan to stay close to him. What is my journey consisted of? Paying attention to my call, make sure I am aware that it is a journey that I will not along in, but I will always feel like I am in the presences of God.

While reading the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, I did not expect to come across a spiritual discipline that would be a perfect combination of my own idea of spiritual formation, and a wonderful way to connect with the Lord. What I mean by this, is that I was wanting to create a gratitude journal, but I wanted it to be deeper than just a list of things that I was thankful for. That is why I fell in love with the idea of writing responses to the questions that were posed in the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, but still taking a few minutes to write a list of things that I am grateful for! A journal like this is also a great way for me to see the strong points in my day or week, and the areas where I need improvement. Since journaling has always

A spiritual journey is the search of God in our lives. This journey often helps us to find the true inner meaning in our life. It doesn’t matter whether you go to church or not, nature is leading us to God.

What is a bias and why is it such a relevant topic. A bias is an ignorance of a fact, perspective, topic, or cause that’s usually followed by arrogance or closed-mindedness. Throughout history, especially America’s history, women and people of the black race have been mistreated or misunderstood in some way due to biases. In fact, we know this from “An Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton” and “The Souls of Black Folk: Of Our Spiritual Strivings”.

Bois Du was the writer of “Our Spiritual strivings”. He was saying he was a black man telling how he was speaking for blacks including himself. Then you have booker T.Washington who was explaining his disagreements between South American and others . However, in Washington's blacks will not protest for equality or civil rights and whites would provide He asked whites to hire negros instead of immigrant torrent According to Du Bois he's explaining how blacks didn't have many opportunity. Also how blacks were fighting for their lives. Even though they still didn't get peace they still fought but not only has not found freedom his promise land. Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Franklin County , Virginia Booker T. Washington became

Another, aspect, spirituality is not as much a prearranged system, it is a quest and a prolongation of one’s development.

To say my faith life has been completely revamped in the last year would be an understatement. I had views and ideas about faith that seem somewhat vile to me know with the experiences I’ve had. From just lectures to the retreats my spiritual side has gone from that of a holiday catholic to a Campus Ministry Student. From little things to big ethic topics I’ve changed in a multitude of ways, my Spiritual Autobiography looks like looks like someone else wrote it compared to any year before it. I think faith is one of the most important aspects of our life and it took me until last year to realize it.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has taught children about the Holocaust, segregation and AIDS. This Museum has decided to teach children about world religions. This new exhibit is called “Sacred Journeys.” The National Geographic partnered with the museum for the “Sacred Journeys” exhibit that is funded by the Lilly Endowment.

Spiritual enlightenment won’t just come and tap you on the shoulder. You must want IT…seek IT…and embark upon your soul’s journey.

Throughout the semester I have developed an understanding for the spiritual disciplines; silence, solitude, and Sabbath; which has taught me how to live an intention Christ-centered life. The disciplines have not only helped my personal daily life, but they have also helped me better understand Christ himself. I can, without a doubt, say that I know that God gave us the gifts of spiritual disciplines to help guide us in the crazy culture we live in. I have gained a new appreciation for the maker of our world as He has gone out of His way to love on us, and all He asks us in return to practice disciplines and grow closer to him. The disciplines have have taught me that seeking God is about more than just saying a prayer before bed. Instead, it is practicing the disciplines and seeing His faithfulness through the actions. My practice of silence has taught me that the world is a loud place full of so many distractions. This specific practice has helped me seek God, in a deep way, by committing to listening to him in silence rather than wondering why I could never here him in the midst of the crowds. My practice of solitude has become a sort of Bible study time for me. A time to be alone and remember all the good our King has done and will continue to do for us. My practice of Sabbath has helped me start of each week with a positive outlook. Surprisingly it has also given me a deeper understanding of academics as well as it forces me to get my homework done before my day of

What are the four paths to god? In Hinduism there are four spiritual paths that lead to the union of god. The first step to reach to the four paths of god is through yoga. Based on the book, Smith says that yoga means “to unite and to place under disciplined training” (27). People have four different types of personality that lead to god. The four personalities are that some people are reflective, others are emotional, others are active, and finally some are experimentally inclined (Smith 28). In order to reach the union to god there is a first step to yoga. It “involves the cultivation of habits as non-injury, truthfulness, non-stealing, self-control, cleanliness, contentment, self-discipline, and a compelling desire to reach

During the Medieval ages period there were different meanings to spiritual journey but somehow they all have had shared a belief, which was to believe in god no matter the different Journey that may have came across. The Period of the Medieval ages came with a lot of information and question to belief whether it was true or not. One of the things i have found more interesting was The ‘’roman civilization’’ it was the start of the 5th century CE to the the renaissance more so it was the timing of the 13,14,15 century as well but it was depending on the location of Europe timing of factors that

I remember the day when I accepted God as my Lord, and savior. It was the best feeling I had ever felt other than the day that I married my husband. It felt so pure, yet innocent and that was the moment when I decided I was going to start living in a manner that was pleasing to God. I was raised in the house of God but when I got older I went astray, but I never forgot the teachings of God because they were in my heart. But I was not doing anything to glorify God’s name. There were some things that started to unfold at the church my family and I, were attending, and these findings impacted my faith and relationship with God in a negative way and as a result, I stopped attending. The spiritual disciplines that I have practiced are learning how to forgive, being more prayerful, being consistent with reading my Bible, strengthening my relationship with God, and learning how to have an open mind when it comes to other religions and their beliefs. The reason I focused on prayer was because I want to obtain peace and a sound mind. I tend to worry about things a lot and would often become overwhelmed with my busy life that I forget to incorporate these important things into my schedule. I began with prayer because I felt like it was something that I needed to address first. Every morning I would pray for myself and my family, and when it was bedtime I would pray and anoint our heads with oil. This was something that I always did as a Christian woman but participating in this

My faith journey has been challenged throughout my life. I have had many ups and downs, and many times when I questioned my faith. Although those times were rough, I found comfort in God and knowing that He is always there for me. One of my favorite quotes is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13. This quote got me through tough times when my faith was shaking.

Formation occurs in every aspect of a student’s education. Students are formed by all they do, read, perceive, and interpret. This includes their taken-for-granted assumptions and expectations. Formation occurs in the gaps as one values the questions (Benner et al., 2010) and attending during these gaps can break “the habit of hearing only what we already understand” (Heidegger , 1971, p. 54). Palmer (2009) described a tragic gap, the space between hard realities and what one knows to be possible.