In Practicing Solitude Part 1, she teaches on how to prepare an undistracted quiet place or retreat, and explains what things to bring to connect with God. She also mentions that this kind of prayer is “difficult to do. In Practicing Silent Prayer, Caliguire teaches about mantras, silence, and finding a quiet place undistracted. Caliguire is a good speaker, and she does quote and reference the Bible, but for those who understand and recognize contemplative spirituality, it becomes obvious in listening to her that Caliguire is in that camp. This is clearly evident if one listens on-line to her sessions. With all these contemplative connections, it’s no surprise that Soul Care founder Mindy Caliguire’s teaching sessions are also based on contemplative spirituality and the spiritual disciplines. The following is an excerpt from that article: Lighthouse Trails wrote about Caliguire in 2009 because of her advocacy for contemplative prayer. Seidel quotes enthusiastically from several contemplatives in the article. She speaks, as all the contemplatives do, of Christians who feel depleted, tired, and neglected (which is how they convince people they need to do contemplative prayer).
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One of them is Gail Seidel (you can view her professional credentials here and here.) Last month (June 2017), she wrote a blog article titled “Soul Noticing 101,” in which she shows an obvious affinity for contemplative spirituality. Scroll to the bottom of the page and see the names of the two faculty members for this program. Take a look at this page for the DTS Doctor of Ministry (DMIN) Spiritual Formation Cohort.
There is more to this Spiritual Formation saga at Dallas Theological Seminary. If DTS isn’t promoting the contemplative prayer movement, why use a textbook that includes teachers and writers who do? One course that uses Pettit’s book at DTS is Mentored Spiritual Formation.
Paul Pettit teaches in DTS’s Spiritual Formation department. These are some of the heavy weights in the contemplative prayer movement.
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Moreland, Klaus Issler, Bruce Dermerst, Jim Burns, Kenneth Boa and Brother Lawrence’s “practicing God’s presence,” plus the practice of Lectio Divina. Wright, Dallas Willard, Thomas Aquinas, Ayn Rand, Parker Palmer, Eugene Peterson, J.P. Within the pages of Pettit’s book is Richard Foster, Philip Yancey, N.T. While instructors at DTS who use this book may or may not ever mention Richard Foster or Dallas Willard, the textbook by Pettit does. One example of how DTS is promoting contemplative spirituality is through their textbook Foundations of Spiritual Formation written by Paul Pettit. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago when Lighthouse Trails editors had some correspondence with two different DTS faculty members (one a dean) who insisted that DTS was not promoting contemplative spirituality and that Lighthouse Trails should not include their name in our Contemplative College list or in our booklet An Epidemic of Apostasy – How Christian Seminaries Must Incorporate “Spiritual Formation” to Become Accredited” that names several evangelical seminaries (including DTS) that promote contemplative spirituality. Lighthouse Trails has always challenged these suppositions. Your undistracted life is an adventure waiting to happen.Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) has always maintained that while they teach Spiritual Formation, they only teach the “good” kind and that they are not a school that promotes contemplative spirituality. From visiting friends in San Quentin to accidentally getting into a stalker’s car at the airport to establishing Uganda’s first space program, Bob shows you the way back to an audaciously attentive life.
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