Apprentice 2 Jesus

Spiritual Formation

  • The practice of devoting yourself to prayer

    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… Read more

  • The simple frustration of my spiritual walk

    I NEED the work of the Cross in me! 1 Cor. 2:16 — We have the mind of Christ. Read more

  • The wisdom we refuse

    What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. (1 Cor. 2:12, NIV) Read more

  • We can’t glorify the cross

    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18, NIV) Read more

  • Dwelling with the Shepherd even in the Shadows

    Psalm 23 “Our lives are lived in the company of both the Shepherd and the shadow.” — Eugene Peterson Read more

  • The congruent life

    “The Christian life is the lifelong practice of attending to the details of congruence — congruence between ends and means, congruence between what we do and the way we do it, congruence between what is written in Scripture and our living out what is written, congruence between a ship and its prow, congruence between preaching… Read more

  • The Kingdom like no other

    THIS is how we should live in true power if we are followers of Christ: Read more

  • True beauty

    “I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you all, poor fellow travelers, fellow sufferers. I do not want to add one least straw to the burden you already carry. My prayer from day to day is that God will so enlarge… Read more

  • To remain… to abide… to bear fruit

    I have been in the habit of reading through a daily lectionary reading the past several months. It is a joyous journey that keeps me faithfully reading the broad scope of the biblical story. But then there are passages that sweep into my spirit with a fresh wind and I am held there for a… Read more

  • Vices… when seeking good goes bad

    All the vices are distorted or excessive attachments to good things. Wrath is ostensibly born of concern for justice and honor, greed regards sufficient possessions, gluttony is about food, vainglory seeks the approval of others. Vice happens when our pursuit of these good things gets twisted, that is, when we try to make them fill… Read more