As I’ve mentioned, I’m teaching a class on spiritual formation and spiritual disciplines. The class is going well, but as is the case whenever a group of people explore spiritual formation, there are points that stretch all of us. The stretching is always both painful and necessary. After all, theses practices are designed to aid [...]
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Lord, Have Mercy
Posted in Bible, C.S. Lewis, books, church, grace, history, prayer, preaching, speaking, speech acts, spiritual formation, words on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Powerful Footnote
Posted in C.S. Lewis, history, ministry, prayer, quotes, spiritual formation on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow night I continue a series I’ve been teaching called, The Sacred Way. For 8-weeks we are looking at some of the ancient spiritual disciplines. I call them “ancient” for two reasons: (1) They were all conceived a long time ago and (2) Most people in American Evangelical churches don’t practice them (out of ignorance [...]
Lenten Reflections 1
Posted in Bible, speech acts, spiritual formation, tagged speech acts on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This year I’m trying something new for Lent. Rather than something consumable, I’m giving up something more destructive: Harshness. The reason? As I’ve said many times, my family is in the middle of a huge transition. We’ve changed churches, the type of ministry we do, the school our daughter attends, the way our very lives [...]
Lenten Beginnings
Posted in Bible, advocacy, change, church, consumerism, covet, giving, missional, spiritual formation, tagged Lent, sacrifice on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It took seeing Vice-President, Joe Biden, on MSNBC donning ashes on his forehead to remind me that today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Over the past five years, I have formed a deep appreciation regarding Lent. As a boy, I was tacitly taught that it was some strange “Catholic” practice, and as [...]
All Things New
Posted in Bible, Christmas, change, life, prayer, spiritual formation on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“And the One who sat on the throne announced to His creation: ‘See, I am making all things new. Write what you hear and see, for these words are faithful and true. It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will see to it that the thirsty [...]
The Voice New Testament: The Epistles etc…
Posted in Missional Church, books, emerging church, spiritual formation on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been blogging about different things lately and have gotten away from finishing my series of reviews concerning The Voice: New Testament. We’ve covered the look and feel of it and the gospels, so today we’ll conclude with the epistles etc…
My friend, Chris Seay, retells the Pauline epistles and I think they are very well [...]
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