Skye Jethani - Spiritual Quotes

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Our spiritual imaginations have fallen asleep on the comfortable mattress of the consumer culture, and before any remedy for the church can be prescribed our dormant imaginations must be stirred from their slumber.

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Ministries that focus on manufacturing spiritual experiences may actually be retarding spiritual growth by making people experience-dependent.

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We have a certainty about God and his ways that leads us to replace the mystery of faith with manageable spiritual formulas.

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Scripture and tradition tell us that formation into the likeness of Christ, also known as spiritual maturity, is not achieved by always getting what we want.

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The transformation of our desires happens like all spiritual transformation - by following in the steps of Jesus. In a word, I believe the answer is suffering.

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When we expect transformation to occur through external experiences, we are opting for an inferior model of spiritual formation.

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Learning to see the world as it truly is - saturated with the presence and love of God - should be the essence of Christian discipleship, or what many call spiritual formation.

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The "trials of ordinary existence" are the divine curricula for spiritual maturity.

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The spiritual life must find its origin in silence.

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