Ignatian spirituality

What is one significant insight or discovery you gleaned from the reading? Expound on your answer. This chapter gave me a real sense that solitude is truly necessary for us to spiritually grow. I realized that many times, I am in danger of misinterpreting the purpose for solitude. Solitude often sounds more like a vacation. I think of how great it will be to finally get away from messy people and work, to have silence and some “introvert” (yes, I do that) time to myself. While solitude allows…

The Potter’s House is a Christian-based coffee shop in Springfield that aims to foster student relationships with one another and serves as a common ground for people of all religious affiliations to come together. Steven Proffitt, founder of The Potter’s House along with his wife Berna Proffitt, is a counselor/relationship consultant at The Relationship Center in Springfield. He also works at the Pregnancy Care Center. Proffitt attended Mid America Nazarene University where he acquired his M.A…

One similarity between Buddhism and Stoicism is both focus on the importance of mindfulness. In Buddhism "awareness begins with remembering what we tend to forget" (Batchelor 58). In Stoicism "...reflection... will make us appreciate how wonderful it is that we are alive and have the opportunity to fill this day with activity" (Irvine 71). Once we become mindful of what's presented to us in that moment we have a more positive outlook of life. Because, we took the time to embrace whose and what's…

SPIRITUALITY Marie-fransline Marcelin April 5, 2016 Fnes 349 April 5, 2016 Introduction What is spirituality? Many people view spirituality differently, some people define spirituality as a connection toward God and others view it as a way of life. According to Webster dictionary spirituality is an equality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters. In other word the state of being spiritual. Spirituality is someone’s personal search in life and finding greater…

Religion is and always has been a big part in people's lives. From the dawn of time, people have been asking questions and creating answers for them. Religion gives people a sense of duty, knowledge, community, and safety in their lives. Religion is used to explain things and occurrences that cannot be explained otherwise. Things like natural events, tragedies, and sometimes miracles. When one is faced with difficulties, do they use religion as a crutch? To explain why this is happening to them?…

The key perception from this article is that prayer and scripture can consequently be morally and successfully used in Christian cognitive-base therapy (CBT), mainly when integration in suitable in the therapy room. Of course, the clients must give an informed consent for the Christian CBT approach to be administrated. This Christ-centered, biblically-based, and Spirit-filled way allows Christian therapists to exercise the use of prayer and scripture in the Christian CBT approach. The core…

Religion is a set of morals, rules, behaviors and ethics shared by a community that are based on stories about a higher power that serve to guide its followers into a good path and outlook in life. The word religion itself doesn’t have a true meaning for me, it is a set of many words and meanings inside the religious branch. We can define religion by different contexts like ‘what is religion spiritually, politically, personally’, among other forms. “The language of religion has a great variety…

I formatted my paper the way I did for a specific reason. I did not make a specific argument to make a point. I wanted to make the point that there are two sides of every argument and that you do not have to pick a specific belief, instead you should be open to others belief. The fact that you wanted us to pick a specific argument about something that we may not care about or have any belief or opinion about is something that I did not want to do. I think that people should have their beliefs…

In some societies, religious rituals are performed by the members of the community. In some rituals, members would hire a religious specialist to cure someone who carries an illness. A shaman is classified as one of the following religion specialists. The term “shaman” has been used in different ways by different people. According to Rebecca L. Stein & Philip L. Stein, “the term shaman actually comes from the Tungus language of Central Siberia” (Stein & Stein, P. 120). “It refers to the…

Ivan Yefremov’s The Nur-i-desht Observatory conveys ideas of spirituality and other worldly powers; however, when discovered that the source of renewal and everlasting joy comes not from the temple-esque observatory, but instead from worldly and rational radium, it becomes not a place of serenity and human development, but instead, one of scientific discovery. The battle between a spiritual awakening or a stimulant inducing elation forces a question about the existence of divine encounters,…