Monday, November 13, 2006

"Be still, and know..."

“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10[ESV]


At Christianity Today, a review of a new book on the discipline of contemplation:
"The bright evangelical mind— always so active and in pursuit — must leap great hurdles of spiritual and intellectual activity to shut itself down and be still. Theologian Martin Laird offers a road map to this practice of silence and God-awareness with warmth and reason.

Like many trained in Christian contemplative practice, Laird is a Roman Catholic, of the Order of St. Augustine - those charged by Pope John Paul II to be "teachers of the interior life." Laird, an associate professor in theology and religious studies at Villanova University, obeys the charge with grace and clear instruction.

In his compact primer, he charts the path leading to silent surrender and "watchfulness" before God. As such, the book's great contribution might be its reminder that in our noisy, chaotic, thinking world, God is not somebody we need to flag down or acquire...."

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