Cocktail Theology

Elane and Benton discuss what spiritual practices are and how they lead to spiritual disciplines.  Elane shares about her upcoming visit to a monastery.  Elane and Benton talk gin cocktails.   0-8:50 Elane’s upcoming silent retreat at the Trappist (Cistercian) Abbey of Gethsemani. The naming of our many entries into the Uncle Val’s Botanical Gin cocktail contest. Book recommendation: The Cloister Walk (by Kathleen Norris). 8:50-13:30  Benton’s relatively recent introduction to Christian spiritual practices. Benton’s more recent interview with Greg “The Strategic Monk” Richardson (watch for that!). Disciples are people who discipline themselves to learn what their teachers do and become what their teachers are. 13:30-22:32  What a discipline is and why we do them. What we should do when a discipline “doesn’t work” anymore.  Prayer as a discipline/practice for getting to know God, and why we do it even when we don’t feel like it. Benton & Elane have a relationship practice, resembling the discipline of pray