Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices
Spiritual practices for beginners and practitioners all in one volume.

Just Begin is an indispensable reference tool for the interested spiritual practitioner who wants to add new methods and exercises to their mystical “toolbox.” In simple terms, basic steps, and encouraging language, Dr. Wigner introduces readers to more than 40 different practices from Eastern and Western traditions, encompassing everything from mindfulness to music, yoga to the Lord’s Prayer. In each short description, the focus is to “just begin” to practice and experiment, grow, and develop spiritually on the way. No one can take a journey without taking the first step, and Dr. Wigner provides the first steps for multiple practices in various religious traditions.

These spiritual exercises will help spur people of faith to deeper self-awareness, holistic living, and prayer. The book’s sections are organized around types of practices: Meditating, Listening, Being, Sensing, and Embodying, with a final section: Doing. Each chapter forms a short three to five page introduction to a mystical practice, consisting of segments on definition, background, how to practice, resources for further study, journal prompts and discussion questions, and common problems that sometimes “get in the way” of one’s practice.

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Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices
Spiritual practices for beginners and practitioners all in one volume.

Just Begin is an indispensable reference tool for the interested spiritual practitioner who wants to add new methods and exercises to their mystical “toolbox.” In simple terms, basic steps, and encouraging language, Dr. Wigner introduces readers to more than 40 different practices from Eastern and Western traditions, encompassing everything from mindfulness to music, yoga to the Lord’s Prayer. In each short description, the focus is to “just begin” to practice and experiment, grow, and develop spiritually on the way. No one can take a journey without taking the first step, and Dr. Wigner provides the first steps for multiple practices in various religious traditions.

These spiritual exercises will help spur people of faith to deeper self-awareness, holistic living, and prayer. The book’s sections are organized around types of practices: Meditating, Listening, Being, Sensing, and Embodying, with a final section: Doing. Each chapter forms a short three to five page introduction to a mystical practice, consisting of segments on definition, background, how to practice, resources for further study, journal prompts and discussion questions, and common problems that sometimes “get in the way” of one’s practice.

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Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices

Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices

by Dann E. Wigner
Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices

Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices

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Spiritual practices for beginners and practitioners all in one volume.

Just Begin is an indispensable reference tool for the interested spiritual practitioner who wants to add new methods and exercises to their mystical “toolbox.” In simple terms, basic steps, and encouraging language, Dr. Wigner introduces readers to more than 40 different practices from Eastern and Western traditions, encompassing everything from mindfulness to music, yoga to the Lord’s Prayer. In each short description, the focus is to “just begin” to practice and experiment, grow, and develop spiritually on the way. No one can take a journey without taking the first step, and Dr. Wigner provides the first steps for multiple practices in various religious traditions.

These spiritual exercises will help spur people of faith to deeper self-awareness, holistic living, and prayer. The book’s sections are organized around types of practices: Meditating, Listening, Being, Sensing, and Embodying, with a final section: Doing. Each chapter forms a short three to five page introduction to a mystical practice, consisting of segments on definition, background, how to practice, resources for further study, journal prompts and discussion questions, and common problems that sometimes “get in the way” of one’s practice.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781640650626
Publisher: Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2018
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dann E. Wigner, is a mystical theologian and religious sociologist with a doctoral degree in theology and sociology from University of Durham, United Kingdom. A member of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, the American Theological Library Association, and Spiritual Directors International, he is a spiritual advisor and adjunct religious studies professor at Middle Tennessee State Universityand teaching librarian at the University of the South. He lives with his wife and son in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Section 1 Meditating 1

1 The Jesus Prayer 3

2 The Lord's Prayer 8

3 Lectio Divina 12

4 The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola 21

5 Reframing 34

6 Observing 38

7 Journaling 42

Section 2 Listening 49

8 Centering Prayer 51

9 Clarity 57

10 Loving-Kindness Reflection 60

11 Letting Go 65

Section 3 Being 69

12 Practicing the Presence of God 71

13 Sitting Meditation 77

14 Stargazing 82

15 Nonjudging 86

Section 4 Sensing 91

18 The Rosary 93

17 Praying with icons 98

18 Body Scan 102

19 Mindful Eating 107

20 Drumbeat 111

21 Fasting 115

22 Labyrinths 120

23 Pilgrimage 124

Section 5 Embodying 129

24 Body Flow: Pilates with Mindfulness 131

25 Body Flow: Yoga with Centering Prayer 168

Conclusion 197

Resources for Further Study 201

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