Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
One disturbing trend I have found in my long study of Spiritual Formation and discipleship is how quickly these ideas can be reduced to a listing of spiritual disciplines or a discussion on spirituality that seems very foreign and inaccessible. Then someone like Ruth Haley Barton comes along and Spiritual Formation moves away from what... Continue Reading →
Something strange happened yesterday during my church's celebration of the Lord's Supper. My church is a standard medium sized evangelical church in a "red" state. Silence isn't usually a part of our worship much less our celebration of Communion. Our church, as do most Baptist churches that I have been a part of, use... Continue Reading →
This week's 23 Thingsfocused on solitude and silence. To illustrate some of the points of these practices, I asked my good friend, Hieromonk Alexander, to offer his insight on the subject. Hieromonk Alexander is a priest in the Russian Orthodox Abroad and lives and works at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a monastery in... Continue Reading →
Week 2: Solitude and Silence 3. Read this article on solitude and silence. 4. Embrace pockets of solitude and silence today. Here are some ideas. Choose what works for you. Every time you find a pocket of solitude and silence, ask God to be with you in a special way. Leave the car radio off... Continue Reading →
I have two observations from reading Revelation 8: 1. When the Lamb breaks the seal there is silence in heaven for 30 minutes. Silence is jolting; silence can take your breath away; silence leaves you helpless. I imagine the silence felt was like the silence after Jesus calmed the storm or the silence Elijah heard... Continue Reading →
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book, including excerpts, can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Day 22: If God is So Smart, Why Am I Doing All The Talking - People are meant to live in an ongoing conversation with... Continue Reading →
For Lent, I am walking us through a book called Apprenticeship With Jesus. You can follow along by reading my highlights and reflections. Extensive previews of the book, including excerpts, can be found through Google Books and Amazon, as well as eBook purchasing options. Day 21: The Solace of Solitude - "There is a sense in which the secret to Jesus' ministry is hidden in the lonely places... Continue Reading →
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