In this episode Josh offers some updates on the Invitation and shares more about what he is learning in and through the School of Prayer, how it is formed around what he experienced over the six years praying with a group of men in a prison while facilitating the Spiritual Exercises. Here Josh identifies how Christianity can function much more like a 12-Step addiction recovery program.
Consider the School of Prayer
Artwork by Samatha Kadzban
Subversive Hope,
A Rebellion Against Despair
My subversive act of hope, my rebellion against despair, is to invite you to consider the School of Prayer, a nine-month study and practice of the rule of life at the vital intersection of contemplation and justice.
"Rule of life," ie, measurement of time, energy, resources, attention
We turn to the monastic vocabulary of "rule" to discern how to give ourselves to God creatively, abundantly, intentionally not out of duty but for the sake of love.
In practice, the School of Prayer is not for the super spiritual. It's a failure lab, a safe space to hear the Holy Spirit's voice inviting us deeper in and through our hard hearts and our small faith. The holy irony is that we find our prayer as we confront our resistances to prayer.
We have space for you in the cohorts that begin soon. If you are even slightly interested, listen to this episode and let's talk.
Peace & Love,
Josh