One beginning point for me is allowing people to see the necessity for spiritual disciplines and how Scriptures relate to them. I have no doubt there are plenty of people who feel that what gets filtered down to them sunday morning’s is enough to go on.

I think as leaders we need to help them see the beauty of receiving revelation first hand. That it’s not something that comes easily, but takes experimentation, creativity, and perseverance…. but that it’s completely worth it when you hear the voice of God, maybe even as fresh as the day we first heard him!

I was talking to a good friend about contemplative practices this week (which I’ll probably post about at some point) so don’t get me wrong. I think many of these new old practices are super valuable. I just think we need to keep them in the context of the core disciplines that nearly every contemplative person I’ve heard of has implicitly and explicitly valued.

So my question back to you is. How do we help people build these core disciplines so their heads are full of Scripture when they come to meditate?