"I believe that when you discuss the trials and joys of the spiritual life for the sake of your friendship with God, you will benefit yourself and whomever you are sharing them with. Your own wisdom will increase, and without even knowing how you did it, you will contribute to the wisdom of your friends." Teresa of Avila, The Book of My Life (1562)
For this first post, I want to explain why I have started The Wisdom Project. Right now I am participating in the Shalom Program for Spiritual Direction at the St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. It is a two-year formal course of study, prayer and reflection. The program is helping me deepen my faith and learn how to be a soul friend to others.
One of the requirements of the course is to do a culminating project that encompasses learnings, experience and overall growth. My project is to read Teresa of Avila and discuss "the trials and joys of the spiritual life" with my Shalom friends and others from now until March 2011. Since my birthday is March 8 and I will be 52 next week, it will be Teresa and me all the way to year 53.
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