My “What Every Student Needs to Know About Being an Adult” Speech. (Part One…In Development) Things I need to tell every student every semester for the rest of my life, probably… Simple reality: JUST SHOW UP. Learning how to discipline your life to get to bed at a decent hour so you can get up… Read more

The closer we get to spiritual victory the more roadblocks come our way. They are not big roadblocks for me. They are STUPID roadblocks. Things I watch out before, I just don’t see and all of a sudden I am dealing with things that never bothered me before. It’s embarrassing and frustrating. These would be… Read more

“If the Bible were to completely fulfill its mission, our minds would be so transformed — so filled with thoughts and feelings of truth, love, joy and humility — that our lives would become one uninterrupted series of acts of grace and moral beauty. Every moment would be a miniature reflection of life in the… Read more

A prayer from Gordon MacDonald for Ted Haggard, his family, and New Life Church in Colorado Springs: Lord and Father,How sad you must be when you see the most powerful and the weakest of your children fall prey to the energy of sin and evil. There is nothing any one has ever done that we… Read more

These words of Martin Luther speak of the absolute majesty of God. There is a hunger, there is a FEAST to which we are called. We need to TASTE AND SEE that the Lord is good! Lord, help us to be saturated, intoxicated, and captivated by WHO YOU ARE! Now, since these promises of God… Read more

Happy Halloween! I mean…Happy Reformation Day!This from Wikipedia on what Reformation Day is all about: Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated in remembrance of the Reformation, particularly by Lutheran and Reformed church communities. It takes place on October 31 and is an official holiday in many countries. It coincides with Halloween, the eve before… Read more

Thoughts on Spiritual Formation from great examples who dare to go before: The mountain is where one seeks to transcend ordinary human experience; the desert is where one enters it most deeply. Belden Lane, The Solace of Fierce LandscapesI have it in me so much nearer home to scare myself with my own desert places.Robert… Read more

“Teach me to walk in your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness;Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.” (Psalm 86:11, TNIV) This is the essence of spiritual formation. I need to learn his way! When I learn his way, I learn his faithfulness. I walk in truth! When… Read more

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