The
Living Spiritual Teachers Project— Who
Are
They and
What Do They Have To Do With
Christian Leaders Today?
Update:
Recently the Living
Spiritual Teachers Project was moved to a new web site,
that of Spirituality and Practice and about 60 more names were
added to the list. While some on the list may not know they
are there, it is noteworthy that Quaker and Evangelical leader,
Richard Foster, has been added to the list.
For more on this see our
press alert.
This
group of spiritual leaders is a group of approx. 21
80 individuals, ranging from Zen
Buddhist monks, homosexual mystics and universalists. Doesn't
sound like they would be preaching the gospel, does it? Then why
are Christian leaders like Brian McLaren
and Eugene Peterson aligning themselves
with the Living Spiritual Teachers?
Joan
Chittister "To
be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness
that makes us one with the universe, in tune with the cosmic
voice of God."
PEMA
CHODRON A Buddhist nun
BARBARA
CAWTHORNE CRAFTON An Episcopal priest, spiritual director, and author
THICH
NHAT HANH A Buddhist monk
ANDREW
HARVEY (A favorite of Henri Nouwen) "The future of the entire human race may depend on
whether large numbers of the human race can now take the Direct
Path into claiming humbly their divine humanity and acting from
it in order to preserve the environment and see that justice
is done to the poor and starving and depressed."
EDWARD
HAYS A Catholic priest-served as director of Shantivanam, a contemplative
center in the Midwest
ALAN
JONES (A favorite of Brian McLaren)
Says the doctrine of the Cross is a vile doctrine-Dean of Grace
Cathedral (Episcopal) in San Francisco. Jones is author of Reimagining
Christianity.
Harold
Kushner
(author
of When Bad Things Happen to Good People)
A Jewish Mystic
"Everything
in God's world can be holy if you realize its potential holiness.
. . . Everything we do can be transformed into a Sinai experience,
an encounter with the sacred."
