I have just finished working through another book by J. Brent Bill called Mind the Light: Learning to See with Spiritual Eyes. I’ve written preciously about another of his books, The Sacred Compass.
Brent Bill writes from a Quaker perspective and in this book he focuses on the Quaker notion of ‘inner light.’
Minding the Light involves paying attention to the light of God’s presence in our lives. It is a way of deep seeing that tries to discern the ways that God is involved in our inner and our outer lives. It has taken me a while to make my way through this book.
The primary reason that I’ve taken my time with this book is that it offers a rather extensive series of ‘Illuminating Moments.’ These brief exercises are intended to help the reader pay attention to the divine light in our lives. As I read through the book, I frequently used these exercises as an opportunity to reflect in my journal on what I was reading in the book.
In the next posts, I’ll comment on some of the concepts in the book. If you find the concepts to be helpful, I’d encourage you to pick up a copy of the book so that you can work through the ‘Illuminating Moments.’ They will help you apply the concepts to your own life.
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