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The gift we are given every day
In Christ, we are gifted with an amazing possibility every day.
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The fundamentals
What do do when you feel stuck.
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Turns out the Church will be just fine
Christmas is that powerful reminder that an event that goes completely unnoticed by the world raises up what is eternal. Long after Caesar Augustus. Long after Herod. There is still the Kingdom of God.
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The humility of a well-kept soul
God is filled with love and hope for humanity… for us… but that way is found through the cross, not our own power.
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Soul darkness
We have times of disorientation and there are psalms to help us “vent” our way through the darkness.
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The everyday life with God
“Your problem is not the first fifteen minutes of the day (what we would want to call “devotions”). It’s the next twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes. You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing total contentment, joy, and confidence in your everyday life with God.” (Dallas Willard quote in Soul Keeping, by John Ortberg)
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Holy Moments and Sacred Ground
God gifts us with holy moments and right where we are, even in a coffee shop or a break groom in a Bible college dorm, becomes holy ground.
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“Being Saved” or Being Transformed
Western Christianity talks a lot about “being saved,” but the Bible talks a lot about transformation.
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Discipleship and Solidarity with the poor
By contrast, those without the mind of Christ make distinctions between people that the mature disciple would never make.
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The uncomfortable places
It is in the “uncomfortable” places I’ve become more secure in Christ.
Category: Spiritual Formation
