Journal keeping : writing for spiritual growth

Why? : an invitation to write

Getting organized: considering the possibilities

Stepping stones: principles to follow

J Strokes: staying on course

Return: revisit your journal

Pearls and snakeskins: our preparations

Honesty: our commitment

Intimacy: our goal

A best friend: discovering our true feelings

Three lights: discovering the voice of God

Fingerprints: discovering the Lord in nature

Eyes wide open: discovering God in the usual

Go west! : discovering new insight

Toward reconcilliation: discovering the grace to forgive

Treasuring and celebrating: discovering the value of remembering

Seasoning with salt: discovering how to make of most of each opportunity

A taste of honey: enjoying the Lord

In our own voice: enjoying the scriptures

Brushstrokes: enjoying a story

Experience the beauty: enjoying poetry

Beyond words: enjoying artistic touches

Insight: writing to learn from an author

Integration: writing to think and synthesize

Approach: writing to invite the word of God in

Reflection: writing to walk into the scriptures

Dialogue journaling: writing to respond to God's word

Attic gold: the art of letter writing

A gathering place: keeping a writer's notebook

Spiritual hypothermia: when we can't

On a ledge: risk develops faith

Appendix 1: Fifty journaling possibilities

Appendix 2: Bible studies

Appendix 3: Books of interest