The flickering light of candles (and an occasional photographic flash) illuminated the timeless words of scripture for MB Biblical Seminary President James Holm as he prepared his soul for the task of teaching.Today Holm and 12 students completed the first week of a two week course in which they seek to quiet their spirits and seek the voice of God.
Each morning during the two weeks they will spend half and hour sitting in the light of candles while listening to music and the words of scripture.
"We're taking time to slow down and let the rat race run on past," commented Holm. "The hope is to allow our souls to hear what God has to say in scripture."
President Holm has been teaching his course on spiritual formation for several years. While his duties as president keep him busy, he does like to keep in tune with students by teaching the course.
"I don't imagine that too many other classes here at MBBS start with candle light and music," Holm added, "but it helps prepare students for this class."
2 comments:
I remember taking Spiritual Formation with Jim. It's a really neat class, and a welcome break from the typical pattern of classes that focus more exclusively on intellectual development. I hope we get some more classes that can expand on this style in the future - to let people dive more deeply into the practices of praying, meditation, memorizing scripture, and so forth.
I really enjoyed the class as well. I've relied heavily upon the types of prayer that Jim taught us like Lectio Divina, Imaginary (Ignatian) Prayer and Centering Prayer.
Jim and several of us went to a Spiritual Formation conference in LA after our class a few years ago and that was really great as well. Marva Dawn, Eugene Peterson, Larry Crabb and others spoke.
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