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Does your spirituality feel

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All the distractions and demands of ministry make it difficult to connect with God and others.

Are you struggling to go deeper in your faith?

Does your faith seem shallow?

Do you feel burnt out?

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What is Sacred Roots?

Fresh readings of Christian spiritual classics can lead you into a deeper engagement with the God revealed in Scripture and into deeper friendships with other Christians.

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Discover How to Pray
Biblically

Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends is a collection of 150 devotional selections from ancient Christian writers, one on each of the 150 Psalms. It is best read alongside each psalm.

Study groups will discover how to pray the Psalms—a practice the church has valued for centuries—and various ways of making prayer a daily habit.

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Confronting Corporate Sin

Christian leadership includes speaking difficult truths to those you shepherd. John Woolman models a life of faithfully speaking truth in his context of unfair trade, consumerism, and slavery.

By reading John Woolman's journal, study groups get a glimpse into the mind and heart of a man faithful to the Holy Spirit's convictions and graceful in his interactions with others.

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Living at a Sustainable Pace

Dallas Willard once said, "The key to living one day at a time with Jesus is planning. It usually doesn't happen by happenstance." In our frenzied world, pastors rush from sermon to sermon, appointment to appointment, struggling to keep up with the constant stream of demands on their time.

In Becoming a Community of Disciples, two monks will guide study groups in simplifying and organizing their lives around rhythms of work and prayer.

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We are continuing to read Praying the Psalms every morning from five to six o'clock. We are now in chapter 51. . . . We sometimes ask the pastors to share their insight on the psalm and the commentaries in the book. I give some background information to the lesser-known ancient writers for my study group. . . . So far the program has been very helpful to each one of us. We have been reading and praying together daily for our city for four years now since the pandemic. The group members are also excited that they will receive a certificate of study from Taylor University.

Rev. Danilo M. Parilla

These books are not just readable—they’re transformational. We’re not just quoting the church fathers; we’re getting to know them as people—that changes everything. This has become a springboard. It’s helping people see that they’re part of something much bigger. It was a great moment for us as we see early church studies normalize among our urban students (including music, as I required listening to Handel's Messiah last quarter and looking up some of the source Scriptures). We love all of our books, but we are sincere in our joy in introducing our students to their family from our Sacred Roots.

Mary Flin

Director and Dean, TUMI Topeka

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Want to Become a Certified Facilitator?

Do you have a group of 4–12 Christian leaders with whom you would like to study and discuss Christian spiritual classics? Would you like to receive Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics for free?

Apply for the Sacred Roots facilitator course taught by Rev. Dr. Don Davis and Rev. Dr. Hank Voss. This seven-hour, online, asynchronous course will prepare you to facilitate group study of spiritual classics.
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Study groups led by a Certified Facilitator receive Sacred Roots Spiritual Classics for free. Group members are eligible to receive a Certificate of Study from Taylor University's Office of Church Relations.

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