Rule of Life

Solitude 05: Encountering Our God with Emily P. Freeman

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Oct 12, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Gateway Of Spiritual Direction

  • Emily first entered spiritual direction because a mentor suggested it during an overwhelming season of travel and ministry.
  • She recalls sitting in her director's sunroom, terrified at the idea of holding silence with another person present.
INSIGHT

Solitude Precedes Community

  • Emily echoes Henri Nouwen: solitude precedes community and ministry.
  • Solitude helps us become the 'beloved' so our community flows from that grounded identity.
INSIGHT

Solitude Is Held Presence

  • Emily reframes solitude as presence, not absence, where God and desires are actively held.
  • She emphasizes 'held silence' as a positive, embodied space rather than empty negative space.
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