Routines are necessary to build a spiritual life. People of faith have routinely turned from their daily chores to a time of prayer, or a time of fasting or a time of worship or as the author says, 'an intentional experience of discomfort, dislocation and intensity..." Rebirth or revival comes from a conference, pilgrimage,retreat or something that indicates a calling for change. It turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.
I no longer have any routine in building a spiritual life since I don't go to church. I need to think about this and how to find a regularity. I was in church for a memorial service yesterday and it felt good to hear the piped in music and listen to a minister. I am searching, however, for a regularity with meaning--not regularity for it's own sake.
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