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With the loss of a day job… my daily routine is now completely up to me. It’s true that I usually did not get to work before 10:00 am anyway, but nevertheless its now my time to waste.

How do you make the most of a morning when you don’t have to particularly be anywhere on time and the morning commute consists of walking down stairs to the basement…
… enter DISCIPLINE, or is it habit?

I am currently taking a small class through my church designed to help me understand their particular blending of all things Christian. A couple weeks ago the discussion arrived at the practice of prayer and Bible reading as the mainstays of Christian disciplines. The word DISCIPLINE was introduced as a baggage laden piece of wince inducing verbiage that has more than earned its negative connotation.

I am learning that my new Church is very sensitive to folks who may have been abused in some way or another by other, less cordial, Church communities and traditions that may have attempted to force you to do things like… read the Bible or pray as a DISCIPLINE (doesn’t it look extra scary in all caps?)… versus the whimsical happenstance of arriving at certain habits through blissful experiential exploration. (I believe the later happens, sure is nice that way…)

I have to appreciate this sensitivity, since I am admittedly one of those beat down souls seeking a kinder and gentler Christian experience than what I have known in the past. But then I have to be even more honest with myself, its true that in my up bringing rarely did a Sunday go by that I was not reminded of the importance of daily prayer and Bible reading.

So did I ever do it, was it worth it? I did, but probably never long enough for it to become a habit, I think I did it just long enough for it to harden into a good old fashion begrudged DISCIPLINE.


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