Relational Spirituality

I’ve read a few books by John Shelby Sponge over the years despite the controversial nature of his work. I’ve just completed the last and final book entitled ‘Biblical Literalism, A Gentile Heresy’ written in 2016, just before he died in 2017 aged 91. He wrote some 24 books stamping him as a significant contributor to Anglican thought. A controversial writer, maybe because he was associated with the Jesus Seminar movement, as a controversial movement in the Ecumenical stream

I’ve read a few books by John Shelby Sponge over the years despite the controversial nature of his work. I’ve just completed the last and final book entitled ‘Biblical Literalism, A Gentile Heresy’ written in 2016, just before he died in 2017 aged 91. He wrote some 24 books stamping him as a significant contributor to Anglican thought. A controversial writer, maybe because he was associated with the Jesus Seminar movement, as a controversial movement in the Ecumenical stream

The way of pray, mindfulness, meditation, and contemplation is numerous. Breathing, posture, even walking or following a labyrinth are all suggestions. I believe that it is best when one has found a method that suits them and they stick to it. Approaches are usually loosely associated with a religious background or current practices draw from these and fit with our current secular philosophy of life. I speak to the Christian tradition. The usual Christian tradition builds upo