Journal Keeping: Writing for Spiritual Growth

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InterVarsity Press, Jan 29, 2002 - Religion - 190 pages

Would you like to journal, but you're not sure how to start? Do you love to journal, but need some fresh ideas? Here's a book to help you discover (or recover) the power of writing as a spiritual discipline. In these pages you'll find intriguing and encouraging insights on topics like "ordinary things," "discovery journaling," "drawing from another's well" and "dialogue journaling with Scriptures." In each brief chapter, Luann Budd draws on her own life and writing. She shows how to put each of her ideas into practice. And she provides additional inspiration and examples from significant men and women throughout history who have journaled. Read this book to discover the transforming power of journal keeping!

 

Contents

Acknowledgments l
9
Introduction l
13
EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES
15
WHY? An Invitation to Write l
19
Considering the Possibilities l
29
Principles to Follow l
34
Staying on Course l
40
Revisit Your Journal l
44
Discovering the Lord in Nature l
77
Discovering God in the Usual l
81
GO WEST Discovering New Insight l
84
Discovering the Grace to Forgive l
92
Discovering the Value of Remembering l
96
Discovering How to Make
99
Enjoying the Scriptures l
105
Enjoying Poetry l
112

Our Preparations l
50
Our Commitment l
56
Our Goal l
61
UNCOVERING THE PROCESS
65
Discovering OurTrue Feelings l
67
Discovering the Voice of God l
70
Writing to Learn from an Author l
121
Writing to Invite the Word of God In l
131
Writing to Respond to Gods Word l
142
The Artof Letter Writing l
149
Keeping a Writers Notebook l
156
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Luann Budd has taught writing at San Jose State University. She is the Chair of the Board of the Network of Evangelical Women in Ministry (www.NEWIM.com) and is a frequent retreat speaker for organizations like NEWIM and The Springs Retreat. She is the author of Reflective Writing (now out of print). If you are a woman looking for a retreat that is designed specifically to help you grow deeper in your love for the Lord through the contemplative approaches IVP Formatio books describe (reflection, prayer, listening, silence, solitude, fasting, reading the Word), please join Luann at The Springs in California. See the NEWIM website (www.newim.com) for additional information.

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