![]() ![]() ![]() But why was I only just discovering this now? Shouldn’t I have been practicing these disciplines all along? Teresa of Avila’s writings were soon to provide the answer to that question. For me, the disciplines of solitude, silence, and contemplation, learned at Holy Trinity Abbey, set me on the path of ongoing discovery of what God had in store for my relationship with Him. ![]() Like many others in the past few decades, I had begun to explore the ancient spiritual disciplines, discovering the wonderful truth that, when we make space for God to speak into our lives, He meets us and we are touched and blessed. I felt that there must be more, much more, to this life with God, but what? I soon realized that I was not alone in my hunger and thirst or in my confusion. What had once been a fairly satisfying spiritual walk, (as long as things were going well), had now become a deep longing, a restless dissatisfaction, and a foggy confusion about what God was up to in my life. While I had once thought of myself as a mature Christian leader, I now realized that the God of the Bible was a huge mystery to me. A year earlier, a Trappist Monastery would have been the last place I would have thought of going now, I couldn’t stay away. I was sitting at Holy Trinity Abbey in Huntsville, Utah, staring off toward the craggy snow-capped mountains, wondering what this turn of events in my life might mean. Understanding the Journey with Teresa of Avila ![]()
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