Seth Cooney

“We depend upon cognitive assent and affective assurances to substantiate the reality of our relationship with God. If we can't "know" or "feel" God, we customarily doubt our relationship with God. But such "knowing" and "feeling" restrict God to the narrow limits of our minds and senses and reduce our relationship with God to the maintenance of such feedback.”
― M. Robert Mulholland Jr., Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation

“If you want a good litmus test of your spiritual growth, simply examine the nature and quality of your relationships with others.”
― M. Robert Mulholland Jr., Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation

“Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, and loneliness. You will see that the world is not on your shoulders after all. Your will find yourself, and God will find you in new ways. Silence also brings Sabbath to you. It completes solitude, for without it you cannot be alone. Far from being a mere absence, silence allows the reality of God to stand in the midst of your life. God does not ordinarily compete for our attention. In silence we come to attend. Lastly, fasting is done that we many consciously experience the direct sustenance of God to our body and our whole person.”
― Dallas Willard, The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship

“Our relationship with God, not our doing, is the source of our being.”
― M. Robert Mulholland Jr., Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation