"The Spiritual Strengths Profile enabled me to understand how my illness interacts with the whole of my life. I know God’s mercy and healing power is at work in the Spiritual Strengths Profile."
“The SSP has opened up for me a new avenue and a valuable instrument to aid me in my search for meaning in my life. I feel it will be a wonderful tool to help me when I get into a “down” state, to life myself and get back to the middle way of my virtues.”
“By learning what my strengths, shadows and compulsion are, I feel I have a head start on dealing with my illness and brokenness. I know where my vulnerabilities are and how to get into my strengths.”
Virtue is rather misunderstood in today’s culture. I think the confusion lies in the contrast between seeing virtue only on a social or secular level (civic values), on the one hand, and viewing virtue on a spiritual transcendent level, on the other. The confusion is heightened because we use the same word to describe both dimensions of virtue. For example, the virtue of acceptance on...
Standing statistically head-and-shoulders above all other factors supporting spiritual luster is being prayerful. Prayer is the taste of the sweetness of intimate conversation with God. For a Christian, prayer is as essential as breathing. Prayer urges you to change so you can learn how to love better. Sometimes this change is expressed exteriorly, as in assisting someone in their earthly or spiritual journey. At other...
The 2nd strongest contributing factor to spiritual luster is becoming faith-driven: the degree to which you believe your life derives meaning from your belief in God. Faith is that irresistible force that draws you out of your ego-self and toward God. It is only in deep faith that you can find deep meaning in your life and come to a fuller acceptance of the current...
The 3rd strongest contributing factor to spiritual luster is becoming real. Being real can be defined as becoming authentically true, both to your inner self and to others. To be real might sometimes guide you to appear a bit eccentric to others. To be real might propel you to live or appear ‘different’ even contrary to the commonly held behavior of the world. As you...
