Life-Changing Experiments in Spiritual
Transformation based on Dallas Willard's best-selling Book.
Spiritual director Jan Johnson guides you through sixty-one carefully chosen selections from
renowned author Dallas Willard's best-selling book Renovation of the Heart. With each selection,
you'll progress through Dr. Willard's plan for renovating the complete person. You'll find fresh
illumination for your journey as you enjoy the adventure of Jan Johnson's experiments in spirititual
transformation.
Ideal for personal meditation or for use as a transformational retreat book (see retreat
suggestions in the back), this book will guide you deeper into the heart of God while renewing
your own.
Dr. Dallas Willard, professor and former director of the School of Philosophy at the
University of Southern California, is the author of more than thirty works, including The Divine
Conspiracy and The Spirit of the Disciplines.
Jan Johnson is a popular retreat leader and spiritual director and has written more than fifteen
books, including Enjoying the Presence of God, Savoring God's Word, and Hearing God Through
the Year.
CONTENTS:
- Kingdom Possibilities
- No Unsolvable Puzzle
- Change Me on the Inside
- Trying to Be Good
- Who We Are, Not How We Act
- The Heart of Me
- Interplay of Will, Thoughts, and Feelings
- The Loudest Voice Within Me
- Possessing the Land
- Ruined Souls
- God Being God
- The Soul's Lostness
- Wanting That Different Kind of Life
- Foundation for Spiritual Formation
- What "Death to Self" Looks Like
- Standing for the Right Without Egotism
- What Is Our Plan?
- VIM: Vision of Life in the Kingdom
- VIM: Intention
- VIM: Means
- Our First Freedom
- Ideas: From Dark to Light
- Images: Ideas Pictured
- Information and the Ability to Think
- Crucial Role of Good Thinking
- God's Thoughts in You
- Mastered by Feelings
- Hidden Dynamics of Feelings
- The Power of the "Mood"
- Feelings of the Spiritually Transformed Person
- A Person of Joy and Peace
- Next Steps Toward Love, Joy, and Peace
- Changing the Character
- The Splintered Will
- The Vivid and Eternal Drama of God
- How Disciplines Help
- The Body's Role in Spiritual Formation
- Retraining the Body
- Releasing the Body to God
- Misuses of the Body
- Sabbath Moments
- Formation Is Not Private
- Reciprocal Rootedness in Others
- How Lovelessness Works
- Letting Go of Attack and Withdrawl
- Steps Toward Genuine Love
- Integrating the Dimensions of the Self
- The Depths of Our Being
- The Cries of the Soul
- Abandoning Outcomes
- The Sweetness of the Law
- Children of Light
- What Children of Light Are Like
- Progression of Spiritual Growth
- To BE Children of Light Now
- The Distracted Church
- The Costs of Nondiscipleship
- God's Plan for Spiritual Formation
- Stage One: Making Apprentices
- Arranging for Transformation
- Moving Forward