Apply ancient tools through prayer practices and group covenants, ready to use todayFire in the Soul by Justin Coleman offers a grace-filled path forward for Protestant Christians whose spiritual life has grown exhausting, fragmented, or dry, drawing together the wisdom of John Wesley and Ignatius of Loyola to help believers reclaim the practices that renew the soul and sustain mission.
Coleman integrates Wesley's "means of grace" and Ignatian spiritual disciplines into a single, accessible framework for personal and communal renewal. Rather than offering new programs or strategies, it returns readers to the historic roots of Christian formation, where prayer, discernment, and holy love are not ideals to achieve but gifts to receive and nurture.
This practical guide is written for both laity and clergy across denominational traditions and includes everything needed for individual devotion or small group use.
Readers will learn how to:
- Cultivate daily prayer practices and spiritual discernment
- Navigate experiences of spiritual consolation and desolation
- Engage grace as a lived encounter, not merely a doctrinal concept
- Reclaim spiritual rhythms that sustain leadership and outward mission
- Build accountable small group communities rooted in shared practice
Online Extras available with purchase include five appendices: printable guides, practice worksheets, modern versions of Ignatius of Loyola’s Suscipe Prayer and Wesley's Covenant Prayer, and a 40-day devotional guide.
Fire in the Soul is the essential resource for Protestant Christians seeking a proven, historically rooted path to spiritual renewal through the convergence of Wesleyan and Ignatian traditions.
