Table of Contents
Prologue: A Christian Spirituality of Nature for Today's Seekers and Their Teachers and Pastors xiii
Part I Considering the Journey
1 Blessedly Scything with God: You Are Invited 3
2 Introducing a Way of Prayer: The Practice and the Knowing of the Trinity Prayer 21
3 The World in Which We Pray: The Eclipse of God and a Fragile Theology of Faith 37
Part II The First Steps of the Journey
4 Praying to Jesus: The Revelation of God and the Light of Christ 53
5 The Ambiguous Case of One Who Prays to Jesus: The Twilight and the Encounter 71
Part III Contemplating the Triune God
6 The Heart of the Trinity Prayer: Contemplating the Mystery of the Triune God 97
7 The Presence of the Triune God in Nature: Contemplating God in All Things 129
8 The Works of the Triune God in Nature: Contemplating the Cosmic Ministries of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit 157
Part IV Calling on the Holy Spirit
9 Calling on the Holy Spirit: The Integrity and the Travail of Nature 187
10 Sauntering in the Spirit: Practicing the Trinity Prayer 217
Epilogue: The Trinity Prayer as Spiritual Exercise 239
Appendix: Possible Seasonal Hymn Tunes for the Trinity Prayer 245
Index 247