Spiritual practices are means by which individuals and communities can very literally “practice” their faith. They are tools by which Christians seek to know God, be in the presence of God, yield to the Holy Spirit’s sanctifying power, and surrender to the Divine Will in their lives.

Personal and Communal Examples to Consider:

Meditation   Prayer   Fasting   Study   Pilgrimage   Retreats

Solitude   Stewardship/Tithing/Sacrifice   Confession   Testimony

Keeping Sabbath   Worship    Service   Diversity   Justice   Celebration   Communal Discernment   Hospitality   Journaling

Alternative Lord’s Prayer: Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be. Father and Mother of us all. Loving God, in whom is heaven: The  hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.

With the bread we need for today, feed us. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. From trials too great to endure, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.