Ep 2: Does My Path Have Heart? (Chapters 1-4)
Welcome to Episode 2 of The Heart of a Disciple Podcast. If you missed the introduction to this series in Episode 1, "Pilgrims Traveling Together," we encourage you to go back and listen here.
Ep 2 The Heart of a Disciple podcast key points on book chapters 1-4:
Chapter 1: A Disciple’s Heart
Key points:
- I believe there is a deep hunger for the holy, for mystery and transcendence, for God. Hollywood knows what Churches have sometimes missed!
- Baptism is the basis for membership and ministry, the start of the spiritual journey.
- The spiritual journey is challenging, can be frustrating – that’s why the communal dimension – the faith community is so important.
- Belayers, being ‘on belay’,
Key questions:
- Why did you use ‘heart’ as the primary image?
- What do you mean, experience rich but language poor?
- How is the spiritual journey like rock climbing?
- Who are your belayers?
Chapter 2: A Path with Heart
Key points:
- Tourist versus pilgrim … trip versus journey (pilgrimage)
- I believe there is a deep hunger for the holy, for mystery and transcendence, for God. Hollywood knows what Churches have sometimes missed!
- The spiritual journey is challenging, can be frustrating – that’s why the communal dimension – the faith community is so important.
Key questions:
- What’s the difference between tourist and pilgrim?
- Why are companions on the journey so important??
- What’s the compass? What provides direction?
- Who are your companions on the journey?
Chapter 3: A Heart for Ministry
Key points:
- Heartsight is a way of ‘seeing.’
- It’s easy and tempting to get ‘stuck’ on the journey.
- The power of memory – remembering is a grace.
- Remembering is one way to get back on the journey if we feel lost.
Key questions:
- What is the role of ‘remembering’ in our spiritual journey?
- Tell us about caving! How is that an image for the spiritual journey?
- How can we avoid getting ‘stuck’ on our journey?
- How do we develop or cultivate ‘heartsight?’
Chapter 4: A Transcendent Heart
Key points:
- Two basic spiritual ‘skills’: to stop and to see.
- Catholic sacramental theology: the world is shot through with the transcendent for those with eyes to see. Everything mediates the transcendent.
- Even the woundedness of life mediates the Transcendent.
Key questions:
- Can you share a practical example of “seeing” in everyday life?
- What does it mean to cultivate “stopping and seeing” as spiritual practices?
- Why is it so hard to really “see”?
Episode 2 Journal Questions:
Who are the belayers in my life?
Who do I belay?
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Special thanks to:
Tammi McCarthy, podcast co-host, Founder of Whispers of Love & Faith. founding member of Little With Great Love, Catholic speaker. Read more about Tammi here.
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