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Letters to a Young Pastor: The Inner Life of the Writer

January 22, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

The Inner Life of the Writer

Dear ______: Sorry to let so much time lapse between letters. Thanks for your note, and I’m sorry that writing is proving to be such a struggle. You are in good company. If writing is part of what you do for a living then inner turmoil is probably another part. You can find a lot of professional […]

Filed Under: Ministry Tagged With: Journal keeping, Letters to a Young Pastor, Spiritual disciplines, St. Augustine, The inner life of the writer

Interview with Chris Keating on the St. Louis Post-Dispach Blog

May 1, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

This week Chris Keating interviewed me on his blog on the St. Louis Post-Dispach website! He asked some great questions on the background and potential impact of my new book, Love Your Bible: Finding Your Way to the Presence of God with a 12th Century Monk. Here’s how it starts. Hope you’ll click through for the […]

Filed Under: Bible, Guest Posts, Prayer Tagged With: guest post, Interview, Lectio divina, Spiritual disciplines

One Key Step toward a Life of Gratitude

January 24, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

In 1656, English Puritan John Beadle published a book on keeping a journal as a spiritual discipline: The Journal or Diary of a Thankful Christian. To his knowledge and mine, his book was the first on the topic. Ever since, I suppose, Christians have fallen into two camps: Those who like to write in journals and those […]

Filed Under: Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Diaries, Gratitude, John Beadle, Journal keeping, Journals, Praying with a pen, Puritans, Spiritual disciplines, Thankfulness

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