私のスピリチュアル・ディレクター(我が教会の霊的形成パスター)に、『Longing for God』(リチャード・フォスター&ゲイル・ビービー著)という本を勧めてもらい、早速キンドルで購入して読み始めた。


 アウグスティヌス、アビラのテレサ、ルター、カルヴァン、十字架のヨハネ、イグナチウス・ロヨラなどなど、28人のキリスト教の信仰の先達を取り上げて、霊的形成における7つの道筋を語る本らしい。読みながら、心に留まった文章やフレーズなどを、書き留めておこうかと思う。



 Christian spiritual formation is a God-ordained process that shapes our entire person so that we take on the character and being of Christ himself. When we are open and responsive to this process, our outer life becomes an expression of this inner formation. Spiritual formation is concerned with the hidden dimension of every human life, the space God has given us to become the person we choose to be.


... How can we be shaped in such a way that our life becomes an expression of the spirit of Christ himself? We simply enter into a life with God, a conversational and redemptive relationship in which our own life becomes open to the influence of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit initiates life within us and guides us in a never-ending process of being formed into the likeness of Christ.




Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion

Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion