Do you ever wish you could connect with God in a different way?  Perhaps find more meaning and significance in your spiritual life?  Move beyond empty ritual or mere obligation to a place of sacred joy?

If so, you're not alone.  Many of us wrestle with how to connect with God in signficant and meaningful ways.  We wonder if there isn't more that we could experience in our life as we follow Jesus.  There is a long tradition of searching among the followers of Jesus - it's a quest, really, for ways to connect with God - and it has been undertaken by some of the most intelligent and deeply spiritual people ever to walk this planet.  The quest is to know Jesus better, to follow him more closely, to become - in some mysterious way - wrapped into his presence.

This summer, we're exploring historic spiritual practices; learning from those who've gone before us about how they connected with God and how we might discover new ways to understand following Jesus and living life with God, as well.

We're going to explore Christian spiritual practices like

• silence and solitude
  
• prayer and meditation
  
• the daily office
• pilgrimage
  
• fasting
  
• worship
  
• sabbath
  
• tithing/generosity
• service
• rule of life
• scripture reading

We'll look briefly at the history and theology of one spiritual practice each week, and then spend some time exploring how we might find the practice helpful in everyday life, and how it may help us grow as a follower of Jesus.

You can find out more about our exploration of Christian Spiritual Practices on our blog.