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It was with Jane that Willard had an early experience that set him on his life course. He and Jane had prayed to fully surrender their lives to Christ during a campus service at Tennessee Temple University. Afterward, R. R. Brown was laying hands on Willard and praying over him. Jane says Willard lost consciousness, later describing the experience as being enveloped in a cloud. A spiritual reality became tangible for Willard in that moment.

In some sense, he has been trying to describe and teach it ever since.

Christine A. Scheller is a writer living in Southern California.

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Also posted today is:

Dr. Willard's Diagnosis | Why we need to really die before we can really live.

More about Dallas Willard's latest book The Great Omission and his other writings is available from his website.

More articles by or about Willard's books include:

The Making of the Christian | Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard on the difference between discipleship and spiritual formation. (Sept. 16, 2005)

Not a Hallmark Bible | Richard Foster and Dallas Willard on the newly published Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible. (Sept. 16, 2005)

In His Steps | How to Become an Apprentice of Jesus. A review of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. (1999)

Articles by Willard include:

Gray Matter and the Soul | What is the difference between the brain and the soul? By Dallas Willard (Nov. 15, 2002)

Taking God's Keys | The keys of the kingdom also unlock the joys of your calling. By Dallas Willard (Leadership, October 31, 2001)

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