Step 3: Review (the day’s highs and lows with God) In the third step of the Examen, we review the past day or half-day with God. Like an athlete and his coach watching a video… Increasing Depth through the Examen (Part 2)
LORD, we have failed you. Please don’t fail us. We have treated you wrongfully. Please don’t treat us wrathfully. Instead, Lord, restore us. Revive us. Redeem us. [image]
Though I read them for the first time many years ago, the opening lines in Richard Foster’s classic on spiritual development refuse to untangle themselves from the web of my mind: “Superficiality is the curse… Increasing Depth through the Examen (Part 1)
God, if you lodged in a house, I’d long to be your guest. I’d be the first one in the door each day. The last one out the door each night. I’d give up centuries… Prayer from Psalm 84: God’s House Guest