Singer-songwriter and writer, Carolyn Arends, tells the story of how music artist Rich Mullins would answer fans that would ask him how they could understand God’s will for their lives. According to Arends, Mullins would say, “I don’t think finding God’s plan for you has to be complicated. God’s will is that you love him... Continue Reading →

As my daughter starts her new chapter at college this fall, I wrote this as something I needed to hear when I was her age: You will question your faith more in the next four years more than you probably ever will. That is normal and perfectly okay. As Frederick Buechner says about his own... Continue Reading →

Henri Nouwen takes the greatest lessons of the Christian experience and presents them in ways that are digestible and inspiring. That is a difficult feat. His classic, The Return of the Prodigal Son, is dripping with gems that I can’t stop thinking about. For example: “The world’s love is and always will be conditional.” “‘Addiction’... Continue Reading →

What spiritual education are you getting?  We are all getting an education in the life of the spirit (our non-physical self and its connection to God)it is just a matter of which one.  Don’t believe me then try this short quiz and see what it says about your Growing Up: How does your spiritual life... Continue Reading →