The Incarnational Life This tradition is somewhat tough to explain. We’ll dive in more in our LIFE Group. It will also be our last discussion time on Richard Foster’s wonderful book, Streams of Living Water. Please get the book if you don’t have it already. The last part of the book is rich with short… Read more

The Incarnational Life This tradition is somewhat tough to explain. We’ll dive in more in our LIFE Group. It will also be our last discussion time on Richard Foster’s wonderful book, Streams of Living Water. Please get the book if you don’t have it already. The last part of the book is rich with short… Read more

The Evangelical Tradition We will be looking at the Evangelical Tradition in our LIFE Group on Sunday. I will have notes posted later this week, but wanted to begin our look into the lives of Augustine and Billy Graham, two great witnesses of the evangelical tradition. One of the great autobiographies of Christian history is… Read more

The Evangelical Tradition We will be looking at the Evangelical Tradition in our LIFE Group on Sunday. I will have notes posted later this week, but wanted to begin our look into the lives of Augustine and Billy Graham, two great witnesses of the evangelical tradition. One of the great autobiographies of Christian history is… Read more

I have spent the afternoon pouring over Richard Foster’s chapter on Social Justice in Streams of Living Water. It is so much I can’t digest it all! His passion for this stream is incredible and the stories are powerful. For now, please read my notes on this chapter. For those in the LIFE Group, I… Read more

The Charismatic Stream This next Sunday in our LIFE Group we are looking at the Charismatic stream from Richard Foster’s book Streams of Living Water. Foster uses the examples of Francis of Assisi and William Seymour. The life of Francis of Assisi is wonderful to learn about. There are several places to learn about his… Read more

The Charismatic Stream This next Sunday in our LIFE Group we are looking at the Charismatic stream from Richard Foster’s book Streams of Living Water. Foster uses the examples of Francis of Assisi and William Seymour. The life of Francis of Assisi is wonderful to learn about. There are several places to learn about his… Read more

The Holiness Tradition Growing up in a Pentecostal church and home, I am fully aware of that word… “holiness.” Too often we go ahead and translate it: “Legalism!” Pentecostals have come to treat this word like Lutherans treat “works.” They are so into “grace” that when any effort of walking toward God is made, or… Read more

The Holiness Tradition Growing up in a Pentecostal church and home, I am fully aware of that word… “holiness.” Too often we go ahead and translate it: “Legalism!” Pentecostals have come to treat this word like Lutherans treat “works.” They are so into “grace” that when any effort of walking toward God is made, or… Read more

Rising Up Richard Foster writes on the future of spiritual formation in Christianity Today. This article lays out what he sees ahead for the church. A key for him is spiritual direction and spiritual directors. His description of a spiritual director stirs my heart: 1. A person who has a continuing hunger for intimacy with… Read more