Category: Spiritual Formation

Wrestling with who I am

by Dan, posted in Spiritual Formation

I am so grateful for the walk I have with the Lord. Struggle as I might, his Spirit keeps leading. When I am walking in discipline it gives room for the Holy Spirit to direct. One of my regular disciplines is to read through the Daily Office Scriptures. In the new Anglican Book of Common Prayer, that is a big chunk every day.

What I have allowed myself to do is simply be on that journey and listen. There are times when the Spirit says, “Slow it down here. Camp here. I have something to talk over with you.”

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“If they stop they’ll die…”

by Dan, posted in Discipleship/Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Formation

A friend recommended the book The Emotionally Healthy Leader by Peter Scazzero. It as a book influencing his life so he recommended it to me. I am grateful.

There is a chapter on Sabbath in the book that coincided with a podcast I finished on the same day. The podcast is an interview with A J Swoboda and it is well worth your time to listen.

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The practice of devoting yourself to prayer

by Dan, posted in Discipleship/Spiritual Formation, Prayer, Spiritual Formation

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Col. 4:2)

There is a call the Lord keeps putting in front of me in regards to prayer. It is the great invitation to walk in prayer. Through the years I have had the Spirit bring many tools into my life to assist in this desire to walk in prayer. I don’t desire to have a “prayer time.” I have grown in a desire to walk in prayer.

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