Christian Spiritual Practices
What's the goal? What should you expect and how can you pursue them?
In this episode Chad Rhodes and Charlotte Elia chat about the purpose and theology of spiritual practices in the Christian tradition and some of the various approaches folks have taken as they sought to enact our faith in the world.
Charlotte: Spirituality in the Christian tradition has a goal of union with God through imitation of God, either imitation of the divine attributes, things that we know about God- love, goodness, kindness, mercy- or through imitation of the life of Christ, of the example that God has given us. So there are a couple of approaches there, but I think what we’re really talking about is how we enact our faith. What does the Christian life look like?
Interested in learning more about contemplation in the Christian tradition? Check out Chad’s excellent series on Francisco de Osuna’s Third Spiritual Alphabet.