Wilderness - I would like some company
I just found my way back here so if I am retracing a well travelled path, please forgive me for being redundant. I haven't shopped around to find if anyone else has made the same request.
To try to make a long story short...
About three and a half years ago I was disenchanted in my relationships with other Christians. I was reading everything I had time to read about home church. While researching home church I frequently stumbled into information about something called the "emergent church". I started reading as much as I had time and energy to read about the emergent church.
I started looking for a local contact to put a face on this emergent church. I found a church plant that claimed to be into this emergent church thing. However, when I got there I found that only the pastors were interested and the parishioners were mostly what I might call "traditional reformed Christians".
After three years of trying to go deeper with anyone other than the, very busy, pastors, I stumbled across an opportunity to pay for some spiritual direction. I was looking at a house for sale and I found myself talking to the seller about the journey of spiritual growth. She told me that she was trained as a spiritual director and lent me a copy of the book *The Critical Journey* by Janet Hagberg. After reading the book I called the person who lent me the book and asked her if she would be my spiritual director. Now I have had three sessions with my new spiritual director.
During the last session with my spiritual director (Her intials are LEF) we talked a bit about how lonely it is when you are looking for people to talk to about the exciting things you are discovering in your spiritual journey and no one else can relate. We talked about how this is "a wilderness thing" but it is still "a god thing".
I am hoping there is at least one person who would want to accompany me via the internet in this spiritual journey. I'd like to discuss ideas that my "traditional reformed" friends think are bordering on heretical.
Anyone game?
To try to make a long story short...
About three and a half years ago I was disenchanted in my relationships with other Christians. I was reading everything I had time to read about home church. While researching home church I frequently stumbled into information about something called the "emergent church". I started reading as much as I had time and energy to read about the emergent church.
I started looking for a local contact to put a face on this emergent church. I found a church plant that claimed to be into this emergent church thing. However, when I got there I found that only the pastors were interested and the parishioners were mostly what I might call "traditional reformed Christians".
After three years of trying to go deeper with anyone other than the, very busy, pastors, I stumbled across an opportunity to pay for some spiritual direction. I was looking at a house for sale and I found myself talking to the seller about the journey of spiritual growth. She told me that she was trained as a spiritual director and lent me a copy of the book *The Critical Journey* by Janet Hagberg. After reading the book I called the person who lent me the book and asked her if she would be my spiritual director. Now I have had three sessions with my new spiritual director.
During the last session with my spiritual director (Her intials are LEF) we talked a bit about how lonely it is when you are looking for people to talk to about the exciting things you are discovering in your spiritual journey and no one else can relate. We talked about how this is "a wilderness thing" but it is still "a god thing".
I am hoping there is at least one person who would want to accompany me via the internet in this spiritual journey. I'd like to discuss ideas that my "traditional reformed" friends think are bordering on heretical.
Anyone game?
Tags: wilderness
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Permalink Reply by Sebastián "mountainguy" Nieto on
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Go!! I don't promise to be here everyday, but surey I'll read about your spiritual journey.
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Permalink Reply by Larry on -
I found some company with an old friend. Maybe you'd like to join us.
http://www.christarchy.com/group/rochester/forum/topics/1668823:Top...
I guess I should start trying to shape some order out of my conversations before they gt too random.
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