In
Ortberg's 2005 book, God is Closer Than You Think,
Ortberg quotes favorably from contemplatives such as Anne Lamott,
Annie Dillard, Gary Thomas (Sacred Pathways), Brother
Lawrence (who danced violently like a mad man when he practiced),
interspiritualists Tilden Edwards (Shalem Institute), Thomas Kelly (Divine
Center in all), Jean Pierre de Caussade, Frederick Buechner, Meister
Eckhart as well as Dallas Willard and Thomas Merton. And yet, Christian churches
are using this book.
"The
Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary
People" by John Ortberg
John
Ortberg, once teaching pastor at Willow Creek, now at Menlo Park
Presbyterian has some
interesting things to say.
Look who he quotes favorably in this book:
Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that
uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness
(the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped
in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality
is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common
terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the
silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom,"
"spiritual disciplines," and many others.
"Nor
is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name [Jesus
Christ] under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4: 12
In
Ortberg's 2005 book, God is Closer Than You Think,
Ortberg quotes favorably from contemplatives such as Anne Lamott,
Annie Dillard, Gary Thomas (Sacred Pathways), 
"The
Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary
People" by John Ortberg