A Life That Really Matters
By Danny E. Morris
a book about The Wesley Experience -
"Wanted: Ten Brave Christians
(Previously, The John Wesley Great Experiment)

A pastor from Brisbane (Aus.) asked, "What is the most dynamic program that can change the lives of our people?" His visitor: "I thought immediately about the 'Ten Brave Christians' program. I did it years ago and it changed my life. I still do parts of it.

• "Many pastors say they have done it in every church they have served since it began more than thirty-five years ago.
• "Scripture comes alive."
• "I was called into the ministry"
• "God gave me the courage to change jobs" or
• "to go back to school"
• "... to begin tithing"
• "... to break off a bad relationship"
• "...to get the help I needed."
• "I became a new person."

The Men's Commission (United Methodist) selected this program as their spiritual formation emphasis for 2001, and beyond.
  
Put order into your life.

1. Meet once each week to pray together
2. Give two hours each week to God (Self-surrender)
3. Give God 1/10 of earnings during this month ( Self-denial)
4. Spend 5:30-6:00 each morning in prayer and meditation (Self-control)
5. Witness for God your experiences to other

The Wesley Experience is about practicing these five disciplines in a small group for 30 days.
   
Any one of these spiritual practices is powerful;  when all five are practiced together in a small group, they are like spiritual dynamite. The Wesley Experience is a thirty-day way to "put God first in your life." The booklet listed below will serve as a daily diary for your thirty-day Experience.    

The Wesley Experience
“Surrendering to the Spirit”
A new title, replaces the booklet
"The John Wesley Great Experiment"

After more than forty years we are convinced that this challenge is no longer just an experiment.  The Wesley Experience says it better.

John Wesley’s experience of the power of the Holy Spirit within his “warm heart” led him through a remarkably full and productive life. Other faith traditions recognize Wesley’s experience of personal and communal spiritual power that birthed the Wesleyan movement in England, in America, and throughout the world.

This new edition commemorates the selection of this program by The Commission of United Methodist Men as the spiritual formation emphasis for 2001, and beyond. This is the workbook companion to A Life That Really Matters.     

A Miracle Caught On Tape
By Danny E. Morris

An hour-long CD on how the former John Wesley Great Experiment works:

A humorous and tender book to help the care-er and the care-ee do it right. Upon your request I will email a PDF copy of the book to you FREE. You can then print the Manual for yourself. IMPORTANT: You will need Acrobat Reader to view this file. You can Click here to download a free copy of Acrobat Reader.   

Light and Fire
By Nancy Pfaff

In Light and Fire, author Nancy Pfaff shares the spiritual biography of Danny E. Morris, cofounder of the John Wesley Great Experiment. Morris, now retired after forty-six years in the United Methodist ministry, has challenged thousands of people to put God first in their lives.

Morris created the Living Prayer Center, the Upper Room Program Unit that he led for sixteen years, and the Academy for Spiritual Formation, for which he has served as Executive Director for twenty years. He helped initiate a United Methodist monastery, the Walk to Emmaus movement and developed the Prayerful Discernment Network for "A New Kind of Church," which involves representatives from more than six hundred churches. Pfaff traces Morris' development as a remarkable Christian leader from his childhood connection with God to his continuing efforts to help individuals discern God's will in their lives and experience the healing power of humor. The foreword by Maxie Dunnam details his deep friendship with Morris and how it shaped each man's career, while interviews with Morris' closest family and friends provide new insight into his personal faith journey. Ultimately, Light and Fire presents a powerful message of how countess lives were changed through one man's faith in God and his commitment to walk through the light of Jesus' teachings into the transforming fire of the Holy Spirit. Click here for what others are saying.

162 pages, hard cover with dust jacket
Published by Providence House Publishers     

Specky Baby
By Danny E. Morris

Specky Baby, "a very unusual cat who made the world a better place," is a book for all children your age and younger, written by Rosalie and Danny Morris about a real Specky Baby—a brown, speckaldy cat. Billy, her owner, is a humorous guy, and Specky Baby is his "straight man." They run a STOP & GO in Opp, Alabama. Billy tells how Specky Baby checks the oil in cars, and checks the tires. Specky Baby goes right along with whatever Billy says and has Billy and two old timers wrapped around her paw.The ending gives fresh hope to all of us in a "world" like ours.Specky Baby has become a favorite for many people like you, all kids, and especially, all grandchildren.

"Just for fun," click here to view four pages that will be Billy's and Specky Baby's personal introduction to you. You can read and enjoy Specky Baby on your computer or print it out in color.

Spirits Laughing
by Danny E. Morris

"Our Spirits Are Meant To Laugh!"
Danny E. Morris

...not continuously, but perhaps more frequently than they do. And humor is a spiritual gift of God to the human family, given to all of God's children through the Holy Spirit. These two ideas guide Danny Morris's life and ministry. This book leads readers to find the humor within themselves and to use their own stories to bring joy to others.

Some features:

• Spirits Laughing; presented live, Our Pre-Nuptial Agreement;Tung-In-Cheek, the Old Chinese Biblical Scholar; Bubba's World; and Live presentation of Bubba Sayings and stories.
• PLUS Two original country music songs by Danny Morris: ONE LONELY SIDEBURN and THE REMNANT STORE.

(Order at least one per family of "grandchildren".)

The following White Papers focus discernment
beyond ordinary settings.
Price: $5.00 - Plus Postage

Paper #1: The Gift That Has Been Given To The Church

This is a forthright plan for undertaking Total Church Discernment. When you have a special issue that needs the prayerful attention of more than a committee or even the entire church board, call for the whole congregation to enter into communal discernment over an entire liturgical year.

The liturgical pattern may be dropped if your church does not mark the liturgical seasons, or wishes to begin at another time. The Board may appoint a discerning group to adjust the pattern of "A Gudie for Doing Prayerful Discernment" to a totally different calendar framework suitable for your church.

Three ultimate goals - to discern God's will on a vital question for your church, to responsibly address the question of what is the church's mission, and to systematically utilize Sanctuary, House, and Closet to involve everyone in total-church discernment.

The plan is The plan is suitable for a congregation of any size and for judicatories, both of which have utilized it. Sort of embarking upon an entire year of discernment, this paper features many discernment principles that are essential in the general practice of prayerful discernment.

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