Joy together
Subtitle: spiritual practices for your congregation
By: Lynne M. Baab
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780664237097
Subjects: Spiritual life
Description: Although interest in spiritual practices has grown in recent years, most of the books available address individuals who wish to try Christian disciplines such as fasting or fixed-hour prayer. This book, by contrast, offers guidance and examples to Christian leaders as they seek ways to involve their congregations or small groups in spiritual practices. In Joy Together, Lynne M. Baab describes six spiritual practices that congregations can attempt together: thankfulness, fasting, contemplative prayer, lectio divina, hospitality, and Sabbath keeping. She goes on to explore how these practices can help with congregational life and discernment and provides practical instructions for communicating with group members. Discussion questions are included at the end of each chapter so groups can delve into the topics more fully.
Table of contents: title: Discipline? no thanks!; title: Thankfulness; title: Fasting; title: Contemplative prayer; title: Contemplative approaches to Scripture; title: Hospitality; title: Sabbath; title: Spiritual practices and congregational discernment; title: Are spiritual practices legalistic? are they a form of self help?; title: Receptivity: the gift of spiritual practices.