Subject Index
Subject Index
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Adam, 17
Addictions, simplicity and, 90–91
Albert the Great, 25
Alphonsus Liguori, 151
Ammonas, Father, 168
Anatomy of an Illness (Cousins), 198
Anna, 54
Antinomianism, heresy of, 8
Anxiety: vs. rejoicing, 194–95; simplicity and, 79, 86, 87–88; study and, 62–63
Apophthegmata Patrum (“Sayings of the Fathers”), 185
Archimedes, 85
Arnold, Heini, 5
Asceticism, 47, 84–85, 133–34
Assurance, through guidance, 177
Asterius, 56
Attachment: in meditation, 21; to things and wealth, 80, 83–84, 89, 94
Attentiveness: to nature, 73; to relationships, 74–75; in solitude, 96; to what is true, etc., 195
Augustine of Hippo, 143, 190, 204
Authority: of forgiveness, 146, 156; guidance and, 177; service and, 127–28, 136; spiritual, 123–24, 127–28; submission and, 123–24, 127–28
Baker, Augustine, 185
Barnabas, 177–78, 189
Bernard of Clairvaux, 126, 136, 144
Bible: on fasting, 48–54; guidance and, 176–79, 187, 188; meditation and, 15–17, 29–30; on prayer and blessing, 33–34, 35, 44; on salvation, 145; on simplicity, 81–85, 86; study of, 68–71; submission and, 112, 122; on wealth, 81–85; on worship, 189
Blake, William, 33
Blessing, 44
Body, in worship, 169–70
Body of Christ. See Church, universal
Bondage: religious, 110; spirit of, 101; to wanting our own way, 111–13
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich: on asceticism, 133–34; on confession, 146, 148, 154; on grace, 8; on meditation, 19, 29; on service, 135; on silence, 98, 101–2, 107, 139; on solitude, 97, 98
Book of Common Prayer, 147
Books, study of, 64, 67–72
Brainerd, David, 34
Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky), 74
Buber, Martin, 73
Burdens, bearing, 139
Business decisions, guidance for, 182, 184
Byrd, Richard, 80
“Canciones del Alma” (John of the Cross), 103
Carey, William, 33
Cartwright, Thomas, 52
Celebration, 190–201; benefits of, 196–97; joy in, 191, 192–94; practice of, 197–201; spirit of, 194–95
“Centering down,” 30–31
Charismatic movement, 168
Charity, service of, 136
Children: celebrating as, 197; praying as, 40–41, 42–43; praying for, 44
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life (Smith), 192
Church, local: celebrations of, 200–201; prayers of, 43
Church, universal: as fellowship of sinners, 145–46; submission to, 123
Church of the Saviour (Washington, D. C.), 24, 181
Clare, Sister, 180
Clothing, simplicity of, 90
Coggan, Donald, 1
Coincidence, prayer and, 43
Colton, Caleb, 62
Community: in early Church, 177; fractured by self-righteous service, 129; vs. individualism, 163–64, 171; ruled by Holy Spirit, 189; solitude and, 97–98; worship in, 163–64
Compassion, 40, 137
Comprehension, in study, 65–66
Concentration, in study, 65
Confession, 143–57, 201; as Corporate Discipline, 145; giving of, 149–54; private, 146–47; receiving of, 146, 147, 150, 153, 154–57; as sacrament of penance, 148–49; worship and, 160
Confessional, 148–49
Conscience, examination of, 151–52, 151n
Cornelius, 178
Corporate disciplines. See celebration; confession; guidance, corporate; worship
Council of Orleans, 51
Counterculture, 81
Courtesy, service of, 137
Cousins, Norman, 198
Covetousness, 82, 83–84, 94
Cox, Harvey, 191, 198
Creation, meditating on, 31
Creativity, celebration of, 199
Cross-death, 115–16
Cross-life: influence of, 125; submission and, 115–16, 116n, 117, 123
Culture, contemporary, 80–81, 191
Culture, study of, 75–76
Dance, in celebration, 197
Daniel, 49
Dark night of the soul, 32n, 102–5
David, 34, 55, 56, 197
Demosthenes, 110
Dependency, holy, 171–72
Detachment, in Eastern meditation, 21
Devotional reading, 69
Didache, 51
Discussion, study and, 68
Dispensationalism, 52n
Distraction: in study, 65; during worship, 172
Dodd, C. H., 130
Doherty, Catherine de Hueck, 102, 106–7, 109, 139
Dominic, 102
Dorcas, 135
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 74
Eckhart, Meister, 40
Economics, simplicity in, 81–85
Eli, 16
Elijah, 16, 49–50
Eliot, T. S., 96
Emotions, in worship, 168
Environmental responsibility, 92, 123
Epictetus, 35
Esther, 49
Eternal life, 66
Ethics, 117, 121, 151n
Evaluation, of books, 67–68
Eve, 17
Events: meditating on, 31–32; study of, 75–76
Evil, praying against, 45
Expectancy, holy, 161–62, 163
Experience: meditation and, 23; study and, 68, 72, 206
Externalism, 5, 9–10
Ezra, 50
Faber, Frederick, 23
Faith, prayer and, 39–40, 41
Faithfulness, as focus of meditation, 15–16
False religion, 54
False teaching, 63
Family: celebrating with, 199; submission to, 122
Fantasy, celebration and, 198. See also imagination
Fasting, 47–61, 201; absolute, 49–50; guidance and, 177–78; historical and contemporary practice of, 3, 48, 49, 53–54; methods of, 49, 56–61; modern disregard for, 47–48, 54; partial, 49; physical elements of, 48, 57, 58–60; as practice vs. command, 52–54; prayer and, 50, 52, 55, 56, 58; private vs. public, 50, 51, 57–58; purposes of, 48–49, 54–56; regular, 51; spiritual elements of, 60–61; worship and, 54–55
Fear: lack of study and, 62–63; misuse of Disciplines and, 10; simplicity and, 79, 89, 94; solitude and, 96
Feasting, 55–56, 200
Feast of Fools, 200
Fellowship: corporate, 164, 171; with God, 17, 19, 158, 161; inward, 20; of sinners, 145; solitude and, 97–98
Fénelon, François, 79, 136, 167, 196
“Flash Prayers,” 44–45
Flesh, desires of, 130–31, 133–34
Forgiveness: Christians’ authority for, 146, 156; of God, 143, 151, 153; through confession, 156; transformation through, 144
Forsythe, P. T., 38
Fox, Emmet, 5
Fox, George, 34, 95, 101, 165, 175, 188
Francis de Sales, 25, 135, 152
Francis of Assisi, 102, 123, 129, 133, 180
Freedom: from anxiety, 79, 86, 87–88; fasting and, 51, 56; in servanthood, 132; in simplicity, 79, 85, 89, 91; study and, 63, 66; in submission, 111–13, 114; through confession, 150
Gide, André, 73
Gish, Arthur, 81
Giving: fasting and, 52, 54; in simplicity, 89, 91–92
Goals, reorienting, 107–8
God: changing mind of, 35; desire to forgive, 143, 151, 153; fellowship with, 17, 19, 158, 161; as justifier, 101, 104, 107; as object of worship, 159–60; presence of, 158, 158n, 161–62, 164, 170–71; silence of, 102, 108, 109
Grace: cheap, 54; in confession, 145; disciplined, 7–8; in meditation, 15, 24–25; in simplicity, 88; in study, 75; in submission, 111
Gratefulness, 195, 199
Guidance, corporate, 175–89, 201; fasting and, 177–78; individual guidance and, 175; limits of, 187–89; models of, 179–84; prayer and, 177–78, 181, 186–87, 189; Scripture and, 176–79, 187, 188; spiritual direction and, 185–87; worship and, 177–78
Guidance, individual, 175, 176, 178, 185–87
Guyon, Madame, 19
Hamel, Johannes, 120–21
Haustafel (house-table), 117, 117n
Healing, 156, 165
Hershberger, Guy, 116n
Hiddenness, service of, 134
Hierarchies: forgotten in celebration, 196; redefined by Jesus, 127–28, 136
Hoekendijk, Johannes, 190n
Holidays, celebration of, 199–200
Holy dependency, 171–72
Holy Exercise of a True Fast (Cartwright), 52
Holy expectancy, 161–62, 163
Holy leisure, 27
Holy obedience, 173
Holy Spirit: in daily life, 167; fruit of, 9; guidance through, 175, 177, 178, 182–83; intercession of, 42; limits of submission discerned through, 121; Peter’s vision in Joppa, 70; rulership of, 178–79, 189; Scripture animated by, 122
Hosea, 151
Hospitality, service of, 137–38
Human beings, 74
Humility: service and, 130–32; in study, 66, 74, 75
Humor, 197
Hunger, in fasting, 55, 57, 58, 59
Hyde, John, 34
Identity, self-denial and, 113, 114
Idolatry: condemnation of, 159; essence of, 160; service and, 161; simplicity and, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87
Imagination: in celebration, 198–99; in meditation, 25–26, 30; in prayer, 41–43
Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis), 98
Incarnation, imagination and, 26
Individualism: in service, 129; transcended in corporate worship, 163–64, 171
Inertia, spiritual, 24
Interest (usury), 93
Interpretation: of books, 67; of Scripture, 69
Inward disciplines. See fasting; meditation; prayer; study
Isaiah, 16, 160, 163
Israel: celebration by, 192, 197; guidance of, 176; mediators and kings of, 24, 176; spiritual intimacy avoided by, 17
Israelites, 17
James, 84, 98–99
Jehoshaphat, 50
Jeremiah, 16
Jesus, redemptive work of, 143–44
Jesus, themes practiced and taught by: anxiety, 86, 87, 194; authority, 123–24, 127–28, 136, 177; celebration, 190; compassion of, 40; economics, 82–83, 86, 93; fasting, 49, 52–54, 56; guidance, 177; hierarchies, 127–28, 136; identity, 114; imagination, 25, 30; love of, 143; meditation, 18–19, 24, 30; obedience, 17–18; prayer, 34, 36, 37, 40; righteousness, 5, 6, 10–11; self-denial, 113, 114, 115; service, 126, 129, 136, 139; solitude practiced by, 16–17, 34, 97; study, 63, 66; submission, 112, 115–16, 117; worship, 159, 165–66
Jésus-Christ et la révolution non-violente (Trocmé), 190
John, 19–20, 66, 130, 163, 168
John of the Cross, 32n, 102, 103, 104–5
Journal of George Fox, 101
Journal of John Woolman, 94, 100
Joy: in celebration, 190, 191, 192–94, 195, 197; of Disciplines, 2; of obedience, 192–93; in simplicity, 79; through confession, 153, 157; through service, 131–32, 133–34, 139; through study, 76
Jubilee, 82, 190, 190n, 195
Judson, Adoniram, 34
Juliana of Norwich, 33, 42
Jung, Carl, 15
Kagawa, 123
Kelly, Thomas: “Divine Center,” 80; on meditation, 27; on prayer, 45–46; on service, 128; on worship, 164
Kierkegaard, Søren: on humor, 197; on prayer, 39; on seeking God’s kingdom, 86–87; on simplicity, 80, 94; on wealth and anxiety, 88
Kingdom of God: hearing and obeying in, 17–18; simplicity focused on, 86–87, 89, 95
Knowledge: of God, 66; vs. information, 66, 73; of truth, 63, 66
Koinonia, 164
Laubach, Frank, 43, 44–45, 162, 209–10
Laughter: in celebration, 198; prayer and, 40
Law, William, 131
Lawrence, Brother, 27, 162, 211
Laws: bondage to, 101; Old and New Testament study of, 63–64; treating Disciplines as, 9–10, 47, 85, 87, 89, 90n, 99, 110
“Laying on of hands,” 156
Leadership: empathy for, 124–25; redefined by Jesus, 127; as servanthood, 115; spiritual authority and, 124–25
Leisure, holy, 27
Leo, Brother, 133
Life goals, reorienting, 107
Life Together (Bonhoeffer), 97, 98, 135
Listening: to God in solitude, 98; prayer as, 39; service of, 138–39; in solitude, 98, 99, 104, 108, 109; worship and, 166–67
Literature, Christian, study of, 72
Little Flowers of St. Francis (Brother Ugolino), 133
Loans, avoiding, 93
Loneliness, fear of, 96
Love: in bearing others’ burdens, 139; in confession, 151; of Jesus, 143–44; in listening, 138; for nature, 74; of neighbor, 122; of self, 114
Luther, Martin: on confession, 146, 152; on fasting, 52, 57; Haustafel, 117n; on prayer, 34; on servanthood, 110; on worship, 164
Martyrdom, 114, 126
Material provision, 84, 85, 88
Matheson, George, 115
Meditation, 15–32, 201; attitude toward, 23, 24–25; Biblical foundation for, 16, 17–19; defined, 17, 29; focus of, 15–16; forms of, 29–32; imagination and, 25–26; obstacles to, 3, 20–23, 24; place for, 27–28; posture for, 28; as progression, 32; purpose of, 19–20; vs. study, 64; time for, 27
Meditatio Scripturarum (meditation upon Scripture), 29
“Meetings for clearness,” 181
Men, submission of, 119
Merton, Thomas: on beginners, 2; on meditation, 15, 21, 22, 32; on solitude and silence, 98, 108; on spiritual direction, 186, 187
Methodists, fasting practiced by, 51
Milton, John, 129
Mind: renewing of, 62; trained by repetition, 64–65
Miriam, 197
Moralism, heresy of, 8
Moses: fasting practiced by, 49–50; intimacy with God, 17; with Jesus and Elijah, 99–100; prayers of, 35; worship of, 161
Murray, Andrew, 36
Mythology, 81
Nature: appreciation for, 93; study of, 73–74
Neighbors, submission to, 122
Nineveh, 50
Noise, in celebration, 197
Obedience: as focus of meditation, 15–16; as fruit of worship, 173; Jesus’s modeling of, 18; joy of, 192–93
Onesimus, 119–20
Oppression, rejecting, 94–95
Orphans, submission to, 123
Otium Sanctum (holy leisure), 27
Outcasts, identifying with, 131
Outward disciplines. See service; simplicity; solitude; submission
Ownership, obsession with, 93
Pastors, praying for, 43
Paul: Barnabas and, 177–78, 189; calling of, 177–78; on controlling tongue, 136; on economics, 84, 85, 87; on enslavement, 56; fasting practiced by, 49, 51, 52; on hospitality, 137; on prayer, 27, 35, 43, 169, 171; on redemption, 144; on renewal of mind, 62; on righteousness, 7, 9, 10; on salvation, 145; on self-denial and submission, 114, 117, 118, 119, 124; on sin, 4, 5; on slavery to Christ, 132–33; on study, 64; on walking in Spirit, 167; on “watchings,” 51; worship and, 160, 168, 169
Peace, meditating on, 30
Penance, sacrament of, 148–49
Penn, William, 22, 34
Pennington, Isaac, 172
Peter: with Cornelius, 178; on Jesus, 18; praise by, 168; sacrifice of fools offered by, 99–100; service and, 136–37; simplicity urged by, 90n; study by, 69; submission of, 111, 112, 114, 117, 120, 124; on understanding epistles, 69; vision in Joppa, 70, 198; on worship, 168
Peter of Celles, 21, 27
Pharisees, 5, 9, 10, 51, 51n
Philemon, 119–20
Philip, 18
Physicality, of worship, 169–70
Politics of Jesus (Yoder), 190
Poor: exploitation of, 82; oppression of, 94–95; submission to, 123
Pope, Alexander, 76
Possessions: attachment to, 80, 83, 89; coveting, 82, 83, 84, 94; eshewing ownership of, 93; generosity with, 89, 91–92; usefulness of, 90, 92–93
Posture, of meditation, 28
“Poustinias” (desert), 106–7, 139
Poverty: forced, 84; voluntary, 91–92
Power: infatuation with, 131; in submission, 115
Praise: for difficulties, 194; worship and, 168–69
Prayer, 33–46, 201; action wedded to, 45–46; celebration and, 195; centrality of, 33, 34; children’s approach to, 40–41, 42–43; with compassion, 40; confession and, 155, 156–57; contemplative, 27; against evil, 45; with expectation, 37, 38, 40–41; faith and, 40; fasting and, 50, 52, 55, 56, 58; “flash,” 44–45; forms of, 36; guidance and, 37, 39, 177, 178, 181, 186–87, 189; with imagination, 41–43; impact of, 35, 43; intercessory, 38–39, 163; learning of, 36–40; listening through, 39; motivation for, 45; as progression, 35; resources on, 36; “swishing,” 45; time for, 45; worship and, 163, 169, 171
Preaching, 152, 166, 187
Pride: misuse of Disciplines and, 10; service and, 130, 134, 137
Priesthood, 147, 161
Propaganda, consumerist, 92–93
Psalms, meditation celebrated in, 16
Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing (Kierkegaard), 80
Quakers, 22, 30, 182, 183–84
“Re-collection,” 30–31
Redemption, 143–44
Reflection, in study, 66
Reformation, 146, 147
Rejoicing, 194
Relationships: mutual submission in, 112; study of, 74–75
Repentance: confession and, 145, 147; in meditation, 15–16
Repetition, in study, 64–65
Reputation of others, guarding, 136
Retaining sins, ministry of, 156n
Retreats: silent, 108; for study, 70, 71
Righteousness: beyond obedience to law, 9; external, 5, 9–10; as gift of God, 6, 7; internal, 9; objective and subjective, 6n
Rolle, Richard, 28
“Sacrifice of fools,” 99–100
Sacrifice of worship, 172
Saint Joan (Shaw), 41
Salvation, 144–45
Sanford, Agnes, 156–57
School, prayer in, 42–43
Science, influence of, 3
Self-contempt, 114
Self-denial: liberation through, 114–15; martyrdom and, 126; negative associations with, 113; vs. self-contempt, 114; service and, 132–33
Self-fulfillment, 115
Self-justification, 101
Self-love, 114
Self-pity, 114
Self-righteousness, 128–29
Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (Law), 131
Sermon on the Mount, 52, 52n
Servanthood. See also submission: vs. acting like servant, 134; as Christian duty, 110; cross-life as, 116; of Jesus, 115–16; leadership as, 115; voluntary, 132–33
Service, 126–40, 201; of bearing others’ burdens, 139; of being served, 136–37; being taken advantage of, 132–34; of common courtesy, 137; of guarding others’ reputations, 136; hidden, 128, 130, 131, 132, 134; hierarchies denied by, 127–28; of hospitality, 137–38; humility and, 130–32; of listening, 138–39; ordinariness of, 126–27; self-righteous vs. true, 128–30; of sharing word of Life, 139–40; of small things, 135–36; submission and, 121–22; worship and, 161, 168
Sexuality, prayer and, 44
Shaw, George Bernard, 41
Shekinah, 158, 158n, 162, 163
Silas, 168
Silence. See also solitude: in confession, 155; control of tongue and, 98–101; during dark night of the soul, 104; full day of, 107; liberation through, 101; in prayer, 31; in reorienting goals, 108; during retreats, 108; self-justification and, 101; in service of others, 139–40; solitude and, 96, 98–99, 100–102, 106, 107–9; submission and, 111; worship and, 166–67
Silvester, Brother, 180
Simplicity, 79–95, 201; vs. anxiety, 79, 86, 87–88; vs. asceticism, 84–85; attitudes characterizing, 88–89; contemporary culture at odds with, 80–81; corruption of, 85–86; in economics, 81–85; focus of, 86–87, 89; inward reality of, 79–80, 87–89; mythology at odds with, 81; outward expression of, 79–80, 89–95
Sin. See also confession; forgiveness: avoiding, 4–6, 152–53; awareness of, 154; complexity of, 4n; retaining, 156
Singing, 169, 197
Slavery: to Christ, 132–33; of ingrained habits, 4–6; Quaker removal of, 183–84, 183n; submission and, 112, 118, 119–20; voluntary vs. involuntary, 132–33
Sleep, abstaining from, 51–52
Small things, service of, 135–36
Smith, Hannah Whitall, 192
Society of Friends. See Quakers
Socrates, 75
Solitude, 96–109, 201. See also silence; community and, 96–97; in daily life, 105–6; in dark night of the soul, 102–5; fruit of, 108; full day of, 107; as inward state, 96–97; vs. loneliness, 96; outward manifestations of, 97–98; purpose of, 98; quiet places for, 106–7; reorienting goals in, 107–8; in service of others, 139–40; silence and, 96, 98–99, 100–102, 106, 107–9; speech and, 98–99, 100, 107
Sorrow: in confession, 151, 152; service of bearing, 139
Speech: service through, 136; simplicity of, 93–94; solitude and control of, 98–99, 100, 107
Sperry, Willard, 173
“Spirit of bondage,” 101
Spiritual authority, 123–24, 127–28
Spiritual direction, 185–87
Spiritual Disciplines: internal focus of, 9–10; interrelationship among, 201; joy of, 2; as means of grace, 7; for ordinary people, 1, 2; practice of, 2–4, 105; purpose of, 62, 110–11; ridge path analogy, 8; treating as laws, 9–10, 47, 85, 87, 89, 90n, 99, 110
Spiritual inertia, 24
Spiritual warfare, 60
Spurgeon, Charles, 43, 55
State, submission to, 120, 124
Steere, Douglas, 151
Stephen, 18
Stephens, Nathaniel, 188
Stoicism, 118
Study, 62–76, 201; of books, 64, 67–72; books recommended, 72; challenges of, 69; comprehension in, 65–66; concentration in, 65; defined, 63; vs. devotional reading, 69; formative nature of, 63–64; humility in, 66, 74, 75; joy produced by, 76; vs. meditation, 64; of nonverbal “books,” 64, 73–76; place for, 64, 67–72, 71; purpose of, 62–63, 64, 69; reflection in, 66; repetition in, 64–65; time for, 70
Submission, 110–25, 201; acts of, 121–23; biblical teaching on, 112–13, 114, 115–16, 117–20; as cross-life, 115–16; freedom in, 111–13; Jesus’s example of, 115–16, 117; limits and abuses of, 110, 113, 117, 120–21, 124; mutual spirit of, 112–13; as posture for all Christians, 110, 117, 120; as revolutionary teaching, 117–18, 119; self-denial as, 113–14; silence and, 111; to State, 120, 124; voluntary, 118, 119; in worship, 171
Suffering, fasting and, 51
“Swishing prayers,” 45
Tait, Archbishop, 46
Taylor, Jeremy, 19, 134
Television, 65
Temple, William, 43, 158
Teresa of Ávila, 25, 41, 96
Thanksgiving, 195, 199
Theophan the Recluse, 19
Thomas à Kempis: on being taken advantage of, 133; friendship with Jesus, 19; prayer of, 122; on self-denial, 114–15; on silence, 99
Thoreau, 92
Thoughts in Solitude (Merton), 98
Time: for meditation, 27; for prayer, 45; for study, 70
Timothy, 186
Tolstoy, Leo, 11
Tongue: control of, 98–99, 100–102, 136; as thermometer and thermostat, 101–2
Tongues, spiritual gift of, 169
Tozer, A. W., 160
Transformation, inner: confession and, 144, 146; as God’s work, 6, 7, 10; joy and, 193; meditation and, 20, 29; prayer and, 33; as purpose of Disciplines, 62; service and, 130, 131–32, 134, 138–39; study and, 62–63, 69; through dark night of the soul, 102; through Spirit-ruled community, 189; virtue resulting from, 8–9; worship and, 166
Trinity, submission to, 122
Trocmé, André, 190
Trust: celebration and, 195; silence and, 101; simplicity and, 87, 88–89
Truth, knowledge of, 63, 66
Underhill, Evelyn, 31, 73
Understanding, of books, 67
Usury, 93
Virtue: dark night of the soul and, 104; vs. small fidelities, 135; transformation leading to, 8–9
Vogt, Virgil, 187
Wallis, Arthur, 53
“Watchings,” 51–52
Way of the Cross in Human Relations (Hershberger), 116n
Wealth: anxiety and, 87–88; attachment to, 82; biblical perspective on, 81–85
Wesley, John: on determination to avoid sin, 152; on fasting, 47, 50, 51, 55, 60–61; on prayer, 34; on repentance, 145; on simple clothing, 90; spiritual direction facilitated by, 187
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 183
Whyte, Alexander, 25, 30
Widows, submission to, 123
Willard, Dallas, 189
Will of God: guidance and, 177, 179, 180, 184; prayer and, 37
“Will worship,” 5–6
With Christ in the School of Prayer (Murray), 36
Women, submission and, 118, 119
Woolman, John: on controlling the tongue, 100; corporate guidance on slavery, 183–84; on simplicity, 94, 95; on spiritual development, 1
Word of Life, sharing, 139–40
World, submission to, 123
“Worm theology,” 133
Worship, 158–74, 201; bodily engagement in, 169–70; corporate, 163–64; defined, 158; different experiences of, 171; distractions during, 172; fasting and, 54–55; forms of, 158–59; fruits of, 173–74; God as object of, 159–60; guidance and, 177–78; holy dependency and, 171–72; human leadership of, 166; Jesus as leader of, 165–66; praise and, 168–69; preparation for, 161–64, 171; presence of God in, 170–71; priority of, 160–61; sacrifice of, 172–73; “stilling” and, 166–68; “will,” 5–6
Yoder, John Howard, 119–20, 190