The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

by Rich Villodas

Thomas Merton once wrote, “Solitude is to be preserved, not as a luxury but as a necessity: not for ‘perfection’ so much as for simple ‘survival’ in the life God has given you.”9

The speed we live at does violence against our souls.

The inner and outer distractions minimize the capacity for us to see God’s activity around and within us. I sometimes imagine a scenario in which someone is locked inside of a supermarket and dies of starvation.

we are invited to “live freely, animated and motivated by God’s Spirit” (Galatians 5:16, MSG).