Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

Some spiritual disciplines are routine. Some are occasional, and a few are very rare. A few are so sacramental, they are only to be undertaken when the Holy Spirit calls. One of these rare disciplines is to companion someone in the dark…closely, with few words and a rooted conviction that you are at the foot of the cross and must stay there until released. You are there precisely when most have pulled away, when the sounds of choked suffering and the smell of blood is most prevalent.

I have been called to this three times over all the years of my spiritual life. Those three times lasted for one to one and a half years. The call is always the same: “Walk with her”; “Watch with him.”

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