Introduction

This is White Horse Sin, a weekly round table discussion about theology and culture. Spiritual disciplines can make people nervous or excited but I find it helpful to view them something like a fork. Sometimes the disciplines are used as just habit builders that basically replace the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Sabbath was a gift. Solitude and silence and fasting is actually a gift, not a burden, not a chore. Are people in your churches encouraged to read their Bibles? Are they encouraged to have daily devotional, quiet Bible reading times? Is it important for them to pray every day? What role does private piety play in our Christian life?