Jill Weber — Cultivating Spaces Where Jesus Is Loved
Jill Weber is a prayer missionary and author who for the last five years has been establishing a new monastic community at the Waverley Abbey Estate in the U.K. Her desire is to cultivate “thin spaces” where Jesus is loved.
Show Notes
[2:12] Could you share with us about the Waverly project you’ve been working on for the past 5 years, and also about Order of the Mustard Seed.
[10:45] What does it look like for you personally to hold those practices and values in front of you.
[19:50] What do you say to people who are carrying a lot and not having room to go beyond their own family or the struggles that they are in? A friend of mine (Bill Vaswig) taught me much about prayer. When I go into certain spaces where there is so much suffering, and I’m just overwhelmed by it and don’t know what to do, he said, “Nate, you’re supposed to pray. You see all this so you can pray. Just walk around and lift them up.”
[25:25] What is your hope for the community at this old abbey; what would you like to see happen in the years to come?
[33:28] How does discernment work in your community? When you make a decision to move forward, what does that process look like?
[40:35] You can extend this to a church, ministry, family, or small group, to pause and ask if there are apologies that need to be made or repentance. God seems so intent on his children playing well together.
Resources
- Jill Weber on Episode 187: Holy Disruption
- 24 – 7 Prayer
- Order of the Mustard Seed
- Ruth Haley Barton, Pursuing God’s Will Together
- Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home
- Transforming Center
The Prayer of Relinquishment
Today, O Lord, I yield myself to you.
May your will be my delight today.
May you have perfect sway in me.
May your love be the pattern of my living.
I surrender to you my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions.
Do with them what you will, when you will, as you will.
I place into your loving care my family, my friends, my future.
Care for them with a care that I can never give.
I release into your hands my need to control, my craving for status, my fear of obscurity.
Eradicate the evil, purify the good, and establish your Kingdom on earth.
For Jesus’ sake,
Amen.
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Jill Weber
In 2001 Jill Weber helped found a New Monastic Community in Canada, which she led for 17 years. She currently serves on the International Leadership Team of 24 – 7 Prayer as Director of Houses of Prayer and Director of Spiritual Formation at Emmaus Road Church in Guildford, UK. She is the Global Convenor of the Order of the Mustard Seed, an international lay, ecumenical religious order, and is a spiritual director, educator and author of the book Even the Sparrow – A Pilgrim’s Guide to Prayer, Trust, and Following the Leader.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster is an author and host of Life With God, a Renovaré Podcast. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of social work and served as the Andrews Chair in Spiritual Formation at Spring Arbor University. He was also a licensed clinical social worker and certified addictions counselor. Nathan has published two books, including The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines.