Lenten Book Study: Practicing Christian Spirituality

The Spiritual Formation Commission of The Diocese of West Missouri would like to invite all parishes and members of the diocese to participate in a Lenten Book Study on Life in Christ: Practicing Christian Spirituality by the Rev. Dr. Julia Gatta, professor of Pastoral Theology at the School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Applying her years of experience as pastor and spiritual director combined with her study of the spiritual wisdom of the past, Mother Gatta explores common Christian practices and their underlying theology through an Episcopal lens. In doing so she seeks to help Episcopalians come to a deeper understanding of the traditions and liturgies of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer so that they can center their spiritual lives around Baptism and the Holy Eucharist and deepen their relationship with the Lord Jesus.

Reading Guide
Week of March 12: Preface & Introduction
Week March 19: Chapter 1-Reliving Christ’s Death and Resurrection
Week of March 26: Chapter 2-Communion with Christ
Week of April 2: Chapters 3-Sactifying Time through the Liturgical Round and Chapter 4-Praying in Solitude
Week of April 9: Chapter 5-Practices for the Journey

Books are available through Church Publishing and on Amazon.

https://www.churchpublishing.org/lifeinchrist
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Christ-Practicing-Christian-Spirituality/dp/0819233110

If you have any questions please contact the Spiritual Formation Commission.