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Now, whenever I hear about spiritual disciplines my mind is taken straight into an expectation of a guilt trip, where I leave the book, talk, or seminar with the stress of not having read my Bible enough that week, or prayed enough as a result of some distraction or other. This book isn't a guilt trip. Sara isn't going to berate you. Instead, this book help you put in place scaffolding, scaffolding not just to help you want to practice these disciplines, but so that you _can_ flourish them, and also in many other areas too.
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The three foundations that _Reimagining the Spiritual Disciplines for a Digital Age_ focuses on are that of Solitude, Simplicity, and Sabbath. In each section are the conversations with material from people like Newport and Turkle, a dive into the Bible which anchors each habit recommended in how it is displayed and played out, and finally Sara's own reflections on how this habit has challenged, and changed, her. It is these personal reflections which take each section from what I have previously seen as 'good ideas that I might get around to at some point', to being relatable, desirable and pushed me to think and explore how I _need_ to rewire my daily patterns in a time where I just crave distraction.
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The three foundations that _Reimagining the Spiritual Disciplines for a Digital Age_ focuses on are that of Solitude, Simplicity, and Sabbath. Each section has three parts, first, conversations drawn from the writing of authors such as Newport and Turkle, secondly moving into a Biblical anchoring for each habit/discipline showing how it is played out in God's word, and finally Sara's own reflections on how this habit has challenged and changed her. It is these personal reflections which take each section from what I have previously seen as 'good ideas that I might get around to at some point', to being relatable and desirable. They have pushed me to think and explore how I _need_ to rewire my daily patterns in a time where I just crave distraction.
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For example in the chapter focusing on solitude, referencing Turkle, Sara writes "without a secure sense of self that is generated by being alone 'we turn to other people to support our sense of self'" - we attempt to counter our loneliness by seeking external validation - and as a result lose any chance of individual identity. Then turning to the gospels we're shown how Jesus points not just to saying it's a good thing, but actively modeling it:
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For example in the chapter focusing on solitude, referencing Turkle, Sara writes "without a secure sense of self that is generated by being alone 'we turn to other people to support our sense of self'" - we attempt to counter our loneliness by seeking external validation - and as a result lose any chance of individual identity. Then turning to the gospels we're shown how Jesus points not just to saying it's a good thing, but actively modelling it:
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> "Jesus sought time alone with the Father, often in the midst of busyness, and we are invited to do the same… As we are alone with God, solitude helps us to cultivate an inward attentiveness to the activity of God… Solitude puts us in a place to be transformed by the Spirit into our true identity as a child of God." [^solitude]
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Finally on reflecting on deciding to choose solitude in her commute rather than the distraction of a podcast Sara talks honestly and openly about this practice taking her through boredom, into churning thoughts, which in turn "drove me to prayer".
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Finally on reflecting on deciding to choose solitude in her commute rather than the distraction of a podcast, Sara talks honestly and openly about this practice taking her through boredom, into churning thoughts, which in turn "drove me to prayer".
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This book is worth reading, not just because it is short (and that _is_ it's favour), but because I think we all know that distraction isn't the answer. Change isn't something that happens over night, habits and disciplines take time and work to form. Reading this booked help me (re)discover that perhaps I have been trying to start mine from a place of distraction rather than a place of quiet and calm.
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This book is worth reading, not just because it is short (and that _is_ it's favour), but because I think we all know that distraction isn't the answer. Change isn't something that happens overnight, habits and disciplines take time and work to form. Reading this booked help me (re)discover that perhaps I have been trying to start mine from a place of distraction rather than a place of quiet and calm.
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This booklet is short and easy to approach, but is packed with things to make you think long after the hour-or-so it will take you to read. [Priced at £3.95 you should buy a copy](https://grovebooks.co.uk/products/s-153-reimagining-the-spiritual-disciplines-for-a-digital-age).
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