summer rule

now that i have extra time with school out for summer, my first thought was to start in on an extensive reading list in theology.

but then i began thinking again. could i use more time studying in theology? yes. is that that most important thing for me, right now? no

i figure what would be better for me at this stage in my life is focus on spiritual formation.

so instead of a reading list, i will draw up a rule of life for the summer.

my wife and kids just left for nebraska for a week, so my plan for while they are gone is to create such a rule that might work for me.

plato, pt. 2

"education in music is most sovereign, because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the inmost soul and take strongest hold upon it, bringing with them and imparting grace, if one is rightly trained, and otherwise the contrary?"

what implications does this have for theological and spiritual formation? just because descartes says the only way to certain knowledge is through the rational mind does mean that we in the church have to base our training and formation on such a "heady" pursuit.

might our training be more holistic if music and the arts were used in our formation? what might our sunday schools look like?