Recommended Resources
To assist your spiritual development the presbytery’s Spiritual Development Team offers these resources:
Lectio Divina – a devotional and meditative engagement with Scripture led by the staff of the presbytery office, 10:00 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month at the Cherokee Retreat Center. The time includes centering prayer, sharing of joys and concerns, and listening to the Spirit. For more information on Lectio Divina visit
<http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Catholic/2000/08/How-To-Practice-Lectio-Divina.aspx
The labyrinth – also available at the Cherokee Retreat Center for use at any time is a labyrinth. Over the centuries people have found that walking the labyrinth focusing purposefully on God dulls the noise of the world and opens the possibility of hearing God’s voice. For more information on the labyrinth as a tool of spiritual growth visit
http://www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm
Prayer Rocks – a discipline for assisting the practice of private devotional prayer. Read more at < >
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance – a way of using action and reflection to aid spiritual growth. For more information visit http://www.pcusa.org/pda/ The Cherokee Presbytery coordinator is Sue McConnell at 770.752.9935.
The Resource Center serving Cherokee Presbytery allows for the on-line ordering of books, DVDs, and other resources. These can be shipped or picked-up at the Center, located in the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta office building, 1024 Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30306-4216.
For information on available books visit http://www.theresourceconnection.org
For information on available DVDs visit http://www.regionalresource.org
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo is a lay-led organization offering three day experiences of singing, worship, laughter, prayer, fellowship, and thinking about what God has planned. It is an escape from business as usual to focus on the grace, goodness, and boundless love of God. For more information visit http://www.georgiapresbyteriancursillo.com/
Resources available through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) web site
Company of Pastors http://www.pcusa.org/companyofpastors/
Devotional resources including the daily lectionary http://www.pcusa.org/devotions/
The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study http://www.pcusa.org/missionyearbook/
Children’s Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study
http://www.pcusa.org/missionyearbook/childrens.htm
The Office of Spiritual Formation including information on Hungry Hearts
http://www.pcusa.org/spiritualformation/index.htm
The Book of Confessions http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/boc.pdf
The Presbyterian Leader https://www.thepresbyterianleader.com/Home.aspx
Contemplative Outreach, an independent ministry focused on the work of Fr. Thomas Keating http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/site/PageServer
The Thoughtful Christian http://www.thethoughtfulchristian.com
Columbia Theological Seminary’s Spiritual Formation Program [classes and certificate] http://www.ctsnet.edu/LL/ChristianFormation.aspx
Internet Resources
Prayer: http://www.pray-as-you-go.org
Bible and Bible study resources http://net.bible.org/bible.php
http://www.devotions.net/bible/00bible.htm
Roman Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
Conservative Reformed Theology http://www.reformed.org/documents/
Theological study and resources http://www.witheringfig.com/
A blog of study resources http://greenbaggins.wordpress.com/
Historical references – bad theology http://www.wikipedia.org/
Books
Institutes of the Christian religion, Book III, John Calvin (translated by Elsie Anne McKee), Eerdmans, 2009
Celebration of Discipline, Richard J. Foster, Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1978
Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, Richard J. Foster, Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1982
Discover Your Spiritual Type, Corinne Ware, The Alban Institute, 1995
Practicing Our Faith: a Way of Life for a Searching People, Dorothy Bass, Ed., Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1998
Reformed Spirituality: An Introduction for Believers, Howard Rice, Westminster/John Knox, 1991
Soul Feast, An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, Marjorie J. Thompson, Westminster John Knox, 2005
To Will God’s Will: Beginning the Journey, Ben Campbell Johnson, The Westminster Press, 1987
To Pray God’s Will: Continuing the Journey, Ben Campbell Johnson, The Westminster Press, 1987
Prayers from the Reformed Tradition: In the Company of a Great Cloud of Witnesses, Diane Karay Tripp, Witherspoon Press, 2001
Letting God be God: the Reformed Tradition, David Cornick, Orbis Books, 2008
Journey into Reality: Through Prayer and God Centeredness, Joann Nesser, Xlibris Corporation, 2009
Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church, Robin Maas and Gabriel O’Donnell, Abingdon Press/Nashville, 1990
Spiritual Life in the Congregation, P. Job Rueben, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 1997
Streams of Living Water, Richard J. Foster, HarperCollins, 1998
Remembering Your Story, a Guide to Spiritual Autobiography, Richard L. Morgan, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 1996
Recalling Our Own Stories, Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers, Edward P. Wimberly, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1997
Holy Listening, the Art of Spiritual Direction, Margaret Guether, Cowley Publications, Cambridge, Mass, 1992
Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers, Joan S. Gray, Geneva Press, Louisville, KY, 2009
A Praying Congregation, the Art of Teaching Spiritual Practice, Jane E. Vennard, The Alban Institute, Herndon, VA, 2005
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, Anthony Mottola, trans, Image Books, Doubleday, New York, 1989
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, William Law, The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1955
The Way of Discernment, Elizabeth Liebert, Westminster/John Knox, Louisville, KY, 2008
The Shack – Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity (a novel). Wm. Paul Young, Windblown Media, Newbury Park, CA, 2007
Remembering Your Story: Creating Your Own Spiritual Autobiography, Revised Edition, Richard L. Morgan, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2002
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Practices That Transform Us, Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, IVP Books, Downers Grove, IL, 2005
Thirsty for God, A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, Second Edition, Bradley P. Holt, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2005
“Weavings: a Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life”
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