Category Archives: Spiritual Formation

I want to walk carefully in the ways of God

Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (NIV): Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. There is a saying I’ve heard repeated: I listen twice as much as I speak for I have two ears and oneContinue reading “I want to walk carefully in the ways of God”

The deep joy of God

I am working on synthesizing some thoughts from two books: The Spirit of Our Politics by Michael Wear and Jesus and the Powers by NT Wright and Michael Bird. There are three areas I am covering to put together some thoughts on how we are are live as Christians in America. (NOT American Christians. NoteContinue reading “The deep joy of God”

Political and spiritual involvement

One of the words we toss around without understanding the definition is “secular.” When it comes to being in the public square, it is a misunderstood (and abused) word. In Jesus and the Powers, Wright and Bird draw a clear picture of true secularism, where government is useful to allow religious voices to be heardContinue reading “Political and spiritual involvement”

The Kingdom of God is FOR this world

I am currently working my way through NT Wright and Michael Bird’s new book, Jesus and the Powers. It is some “prep” for this election season. More than that, it is necessary prep for how to lead in the church in a time when we face serious upheaval. We will have deep divides. The nastinessContinue reading “The Kingdom of God is FOR this world”