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jenny_islanderAs usual, I will skip the study questions. I do encourage anyone interested to get their own copies of both the main text and the study guide and work through the study questions for themselves.
The suggested Scripture readings for this chapter are very short. They are:
Sunday: The glory of meditation--Exodus 24:15-18
Monday: The friendship of meditation--Ex. 33:11
Tuesday: The terror of meditation--Ex. 20:18-19
Wednesday: The object of meditation--Psalm 1:1-3
Thursday: The comfort of meditation--1 Kings 19:9-18
Friday: The insights of meditation--Acts 10:9-20
Saturday: The ecstasy of meditation--2 Corinthians 12:1-4
Foster's suggested books for further study in the art of meditation are still available and many are still in print.
Downing, Jim. Meditation: The Bible Tells You How. By a member of The Navigators, an international parachurch organization that coordinates discipleships.
Edwards, Gene, ed. Practicing His Presence. Combines a paraphrase of the 17th century classic The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence with Letters by a Modern Mystic and The Game of Minutes by Congregational missionary and literacy pioneer Frank Laubach.
Kelsey, Morton T. The Other Side of Silence. Foster calls this "the most important single book on the theology and psychology behind the experience of Christian meditation." By an Episcopal priest who was a student of Max Zeller, a Jungian analyst and concentration camp survivor.
Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer. "A must book."
ibid. Spiritual Direction and Meditation.
Moffatt, Doris. Christian Meditation: The Better Way. Foster recommends this one for beginners. By a Presbyterian freelance writer and Bible teacher.
O'Connor, Elizabeth. Search for Silence. By a member of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC, a congregation Foster cites often as a model. Uses a similar pattern to Celebration of Discipline, but with a focus on "the art of quietness and contemplation."
Russell, Marjorie. A Handbook of Christian Meditation. I was not able to find out anything about this author. Foster recommends this book as a practical guide to the acts of meditation.
Tilmann, Klemens. The Practice of Meditation. Draws together both Eastern and Western techniques. By a German Catholic theologian and teacher. The translation Foster recommends is from Paulist Press, 1977.
My next post in this series will begin a study of Chapter 3, "Prayer."
The suggested Scripture readings for this chapter are very short. They are:
Sunday: The glory of meditation--Exodus 24:15-18
Monday: The friendship of meditation--Ex. 33:11
Tuesday: The terror of meditation--Ex. 20:18-19
Wednesday: The object of meditation--Psalm 1:1-3
Thursday: The comfort of meditation--1 Kings 19:9-18
Friday: The insights of meditation--Acts 10:9-20
Saturday: The ecstasy of meditation--2 Corinthians 12:1-4
Foster's suggested books for further study in the art of meditation are still available and many are still in print.
Downing, Jim. Meditation: The Bible Tells You How. By a member of The Navigators, an international parachurch organization that coordinates discipleships.
Edwards, Gene, ed. Practicing His Presence. Combines a paraphrase of the 17th century classic The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence with Letters by a Modern Mystic and The Game of Minutes by Congregational missionary and literacy pioneer Frank Laubach.
Kelsey, Morton T. The Other Side of Silence. Foster calls this "the most important single book on the theology and psychology behind the experience of Christian meditation." By an Episcopal priest who was a student of Max Zeller, a Jungian analyst and concentration camp survivor.
Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer. "A must book."
ibid. Spiritual Direction and Meditation.
Moffatt, Doris. Christian Meditation: The Better Way. Foster recommends this one for beginners. By a Presbyterian freelance writer and Bible teacher.
O'Connor, Elizabeth. Search for Silence. By a member of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC, a congregation Foster cites often as a model. Uses a similar pattern to Celebration of Discipline, but with a focus on "the art of quietness and contemplation."
Russell, Marjorie. A Handbook of Christian Meditation. I was not able to find out anything about this author. Foster recommends this book as a practical guide to the acts of meditation.
Tilmann, Klemens. The Practice of Meditation. Draws together both Eastern and Western techniques. By a German Catholic theologian and teacher. The translation Foster recommends is from Paulist Press, 1977.
My next post in this series will begin a study of Chapter 3, "Prayer."
