Entempling - Baptist Wisdom for Contemplative Prayer by Lynn C. Bauman and Michael Sciretti, Jr.
In recent years, Christians from diverse denominational backgrounds are employing forms of contemplative prayer in their reflections and devotions. Some Baptists are incorporating elements of these prayer forms into their collective and personal expressions of worship and study. This resource book, edited and adapted by Baptist ministers Blake Burleson and Michael Sciretti, Jr., includes prayers and meditations from Baptist theologians, writers, pastors, lay leaders, and social advocates which reflect a primary calling to a devotional, unitive, or transformative experience in the Divine Presence. The original writings have been edited and adapted for public reading in contemplative worship or for private reading for devotional quiet.
From John Bunyan to Roger Williams to Martin Luther King, Jr., these Baptist voices include American, Canadian, English, German, and South African men and women from the past four centuries. This resource is particularly anchored by five lesser-known Baptists: Gerrard Winstanley, Anne Dutton, Henry Alline, Muriel Lester, and Howard Thurman.
Themes of divine companionship and communion, the cultivation of an interior focus, and resting in the inner chamber of the heart are evident throughout the voices of these men and women. Using the Jewish Temple as a basic framework, the readings take one on an inward-outward journey through the movements of conversion, invocation, illumination, communion, and reconciliation. Included at the end are two templets for crafting a personal or corporate experience of contemplative prayer using readings from the book.
"The editors have plumbed a shimmering tradition and come up with a handful of spiritual jewels of various ages and hues. This book, which will find its place on many bedside tables, should be a helpful aid to persons of all denominations."
Harvey Cox,
Hollis Research Professor of Divinity,
Harvard University
"It has been suggested that for Baptists conversion is the end of the spiritual life. Burleson and Sciretti show that indeed conversion is the end—the front end. In this wonderful resource we are led by saints from the Baptist family on a pilgrimage that is contemplative and active as well as communal and personal. Those who join them will learn that though the spiritual journey may begin with conversion, it does not stop there."
Curtis W. Freeman,
Research Professor of Theology
Director of the Baptist House of Studies,
Duke University Divinity School
In recent years, Christians from diverse denominational backgrounds are employing forms of contemplative prayer in their reflections and devotions. Some Baptists are incorporating elements of these prayer forms into their collective and personal expressions of worship and study. This resource book, edited and adapted by Baptist ministers Blake Burleson and Michael Sciretti, Jr., includes prayers and meditations from Baptist theologians, writers, pastors, lay leaders, and social advocates which reflect a primary calling to a devotional, unitive, or transformative experience in the Divine Presence. The original writings have been edited and adapted for public reading in contemplative worship or for private reading for devotional quiet.
From John Bunyan to Roger Williams to Martin Luther King, Jr., these Baptist voices include American, Canadian, English, German, and South African men and women from the past four centuries. This resource is particularly anchored by five lesser-known Baptists: Gerrard Winstanley, Anne Dutton, Henry Alline, Muriel Lester, and Howard Thurman.
Themes of divine companionship and communion, the cultivation of an interior focus, and resting in the inner chamber of the heart are evident throughout the voices of these men and women. Using the Jewish Temple as a basic framework, the readings take one on an inward-outward journey through the movements of conversion, invocation, illumination, communion, and reconciliation. Included at the end are two templets for crafting a personal or corporate experience of contemplative prayer using readings from the book.
"The editors have plumbed a shimmering tradition and come up with a handful of spiritual jewels of various ages and hues. This book, which will find its place on many bedside tables, should be a helpful aid to persons of all denominations."
Harvey Cox,
Hollis Research Professor of Divinity,
Harvard University
"It has been suggested that for Baptists conversion is the end of the spiritual life. Burleson and Sciretti show that indeed conversion is the end—the front end. In this wonderful resource we are led by saints from the Baptist family on a pilgrimage that is contemplative and active as well as communal and personal. Those who join them will learn that though the spiritual journey may begin with conversion, it does not stop there."
Curtis W. Freeman,
Research Professor of Theology
Director of the Baptist House of Studies,
Duke University Divinity School
In recent years, Christians from diverse denominational backgrounds are employing forms of contemplative prayer in their reflections and devotions. Some Baptists are incorporating elements of these prayer forms into their collective and personal expressions of worship and study. This resource book, edited and adapted by Baptist ministers Blake Burleson and Michael Sciretti, Jr., includes prayers and meditations from Baptist theologians, writers, pastors, lay leaders, and social advocates which reflect a primary calling to a devotional, unitive, or transformative experience in the Divine Presence. The original writings have been edited and adapted for public reading in contemplative worship or for private reading for devotional quiet.
From John Bunyan to Roger Williams to Martin Luther King, Jr., these Baptist voices include American, Canadian, English, German, and South African men and women from the past four centuries. This resource is particularly anchored by five lesser-known Baptists: Gerrard Winstanley, Anne Dutton, Henry Alline, Muriel Lester, and Howard Thurman.
Themes of divine companionship and communion, the cultivation of an interior focus, and resting in the inner chamber of the heart are evident throughout the voices of these men and women. Using the Jewish Temple as a basic framework, the readings take one on an inward-outward journey through the movements of conversion, invocation, illumination, communion, and reconciliation. Included at the end are two templets for crafting a personal or corporate experience of contemplative prayer using readings from the book.
"The editors have plumbed a shimmering tradition and come up with a handful of spiritual jewels of various ages and hues. This book, which will find its place on many bedside tables, should be a helpful aid to persons of all denominations."
Harvey Cox,
Hollis Research Professor of Divinity,
Harvard University
"It has been suggested that for Baptists conversion is the end of the spiritual life. Burleson and Sciretti show that indeed conversion is the end—the front end. In this wonderful resource we are led by saints from the Baptist family on a pilgrimage that is contemplative and active as well as communal and personal. Those who join them will learn that though the spiritual journey may begin with conversion, it does not stop there."
Curtis W. Freeman,
Research Professor of Theology
Director of the Baptist House of Studies,
Duke University Divinity School