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A Spiritual-Progress Formula? (On the Jesus Prayer)
Manage episode 357590011 series 2795091
Russian Orthodox friends suggest that a fast track to spiritual progress might come through a ten-word prayer that gets repeated. Ten words! Is it too good to be true? Dave Schmelzer, with help from Gary Neal Hansen's book Kneeling with Giants, does a deep dive into this pathway to God and reports on how it's been going for him.
Mentioned in this podcast
Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History's Best Teachers, by Gary Neal Hansen
Journey to the Heart: Christian Contemplation through the Centuries, edited by Kim Nataraja
100 episodes
Manage episode 357590011 series 2795091
Russian Orthodox friends suggest that a fast track to spiritual progress might come through a ten-word prayer that gets repeated. Ten words! Is it too good to be true? Dave Schmelzer, with help from Gary Neal Hansen's book Kneeling with Giants, does a deep dive into this pathway to God and reports on how it's been going for him.
Mentioned in this podcast
Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History's Best Teachers, by Gary Neal Hansen
Journey to the Heart: Christian Contemplation through the Centuries, edited by Kim Nataraja
100 episodes
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