Daily Practices for God's People

DAILY PRACTICES for God’s People is far more than a book; it is an interactive tool for living our Christian virtues, day by day. For use by groups and individuals, each chapter guides readers to a fuller understanding and practice of one of the virtues. Each may be studied on its own, or in any order with others.

This workbook is a tool for discipleship. It is a means by which pilgrims on their way to the Celestial City can be intentional about their journey. We all may want to be more hospitable or more forgiving or prayerful or better at practicing soulful spending, but do we know how to do that on Monday? This book will help to teach us a way to live out the Christian virtues in our lives.

The virtues are organized in a trinity: the Journey Inward, the Journey Outward, the Journey Together. Each person and each parish will naturally gravitate toward one or two of these, but a whole life comes from embracing all of them.

The Journey Inward is our personal relationship with God in Christ through the Holy Spirit. It is the cultivation of our connection with God and includes many of the virtues we associate with spirituality. The Journey Outward is our service to our brothers and sisters in the world. This is our outreach to all of God’s children. The Journey Together is the life of community. These virtues are what enable a community to flourish.

Many blessings to you on your journey,

The Right Reverend G. Porter Taylor, Bishop

The Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina

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