Vaswig
was trained at Tilden Edward's Shalem Prayer Institute. Read
a few quotes from Tilden Edward's book, Spiritual Friend:
The
new ecumenism involved here is not between Christian and Christian,
but between Christians and the grace of other intuitively deep
religious traditions.(p. 172, 1980ed.)
"This
mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to
Far Eastern spirituality."
And
yet in spite of quotes such as these that clearly illustrate a
universalist mentality ...read
more.
Richard
Foster
Leading Thousands Away From the Cross.
(For several other
pages of research on Richard Foster,
go to our Topical Index.)
From
His Own Mouth
"Spend
some time this week listening to contemplative music designed to
quiet you, settle you, deepen you. (Compact discs and tapes from
the Taize Community, John Michael Talbot, and the Monks of Weston
Priory are especially helpful.)" From
Renovare's Perspective Newsletter
What
is the Taize Community?
"Taize is an ecumenical sung and silent participatory prayer
service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music, song
and silence."
NEWS
RELEASE!!
THE RENOVARE STUDY BIBLE Dallas
Willard's latest project? A Richard Foster Bible called the Renovare Study Bible, to
be released by Harper SF in 2004. The Renovare "Bible"
will focus on Foster's six disciplines (from his book Streams
of Living Waters), one of which is the contemplative practice.
Thomas Kelly is quoted in that book as saying:
"Deep within us all [all human beings] there is an amazing
inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center" Sample
of the Renovare Study Bible
"You
and I may have strong opinions on double predestination, supralapsarianism,
and biblical inerrancy, but these should not be considered
evangelical essentials."
Streams
of Living Water