Reading For The Love Of God How To Read As A Spiritual Practice

Reading For The Love Of God How To Read As A Spiritual Practice It also includes useful special features such as suggested reading lists, guided practices to approaching texts, and tips for meditating on specific texts or bible passages. by learning to read for the love of god, readers will discover not only a renewed love of reading but also a new, vital spiritual practice to deepen their walk with god. The rest of reading for the love of god is just as interesting and challenging as the start.reading for the love of god is academic in tone, style, and complexity. wilson often refers to ancient literature and medieval monastic practices as she explains how to consume great literature and apply its lessons to modern spiritual life.

Reading For The Love Of God How To Read As A Spiritual Practice By learning to read for the love of god, readers will discover not only a renewed love of reading but also a new, vital spiritual practice to deepen their walk with god. author bio jessica hooten wilson (phd, baylor university) is the inaugural visiting scholar of liberal arts at pepperdine university in malibu, california. I recommend reading for the love of god: how to read as a spiritual practice by jessica hooten wilson to christian readers who desire to learn from great works of literature and apply those lessons to enhance one’s spiritual life. naturally, wilson stresses the importance of regularly consuming scripture as well as literary works. In reading for the love of god, award winning author jessica hooten wilson does just that—and then shows readers how to reap the spiritual benefits of reading. she argues that the simple act of reading can help us learn to pray well, love our neighbor, be contemplative, practice humility, and disentangle ourselves from contemporary idols. She insists reading can be a spiritual practice that will increase readers’ love for god and their neighbor. she explains, “reading is a spiritual discipline akin to fasting and prayer and one that trains you in the virtues, encourages your sanctification, and elicits your love for those noble, admirable, and beautiful things of which st.

Reading For The Love Of God How To Read As A Spiritual Practice In reading for the love of god, award winning author jessica hooten wilson does just that—and then shows readers how to reap the spiritual benefits of reading. she argues that the simple act of reading can help us learn to pray well, love our neighbor, be contemplative, practice humility, and disentangle ourselves from contemporary idols. She insists reading can be a spiritual practice that will increase readers’ love for god and their neighbor. she explains, “reading is a spiritual discipline akin to fasting and prayer and one that trains you in the virtues, encourages your sanctification, and elicits your love for those noble, admirable, and beautiful things of which st. In reading for the love of god, award winning author jessica hooten wilson does just that and then shows readers how to reap the spiritual benefits of reading. she argues that the simple act of reading can help us learn to pray well, love our neighbor, be contemplative, practice humility, and disentangle ourselves from contemporary idols. What kind of reader should you be? these are the central questions jessica hooten wilson asks in her latest book, reading for the love of god: how to read as a spiritual practice. in a sense, the title itself answers those questions from the start by suggesting that good reading is defined by a single telos: the love of god. yet, given how.