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Waiting Well When It’s Hard to See
Learning to wait well is one of life’s greatest challenges.
Searching for Words to Pray
I’ll be honest with you: there are times I have found it hard to be honest with God. The strange thing is, it’s not because I want to be dishonest with God. Sometimes it’s because I am stressed and anxious, and my prayers are fast-paced and emotionally disengaged.
The Joy Of Prayer: 5 Ideas to Cultivate Joy in Your Prayer Time
What is the first image that comes to your mind when you think about prayer? Someone on their knees with their hands clasped together toward heaven? The prophet Daniel praying three times a day with his window open toward Jerusalem in defiance of the government?
Where Can I Go With My Shame?
I was standing in a group of people I love and I couldn’t hide or deny my hurtful behavior. Everyone saw what I did. I couldn’t make excuses or suppress the truth. There was no justification for it. I was caught and stood there with my shame exposed.
Morning Walks with MeiMei
We got a puppy! Finally after 12 years of marriage, 3 children, 5 moves, and lots of rigorous discussion and negotiation, we got our first family pet.
Experimenting with the Disciplines
I didn’t know what I wanted out of fasting when I began, but I knew that it was a discipline I could do without a lot of startup cost, and at the time I wanted to get started on what was within reach.
What’s Happening in Our Made to Flourish Mission?
A wise and seasoned sage once said we often overestimate what we can accomplish in a year and we underestimate what God can do in a decade.
A Quiet Catalyst in the Arts
What would it look like if we didn’t just observe culture but participated in its cultivation? What if, rather than critiquing or vilifying it, we became active participants; in redeeming it and creating redemptive work that influenced it?
Hitting the Refresh Button on Grace
Tillich is undoubtedly a controversial figure in theology, and he and I disagree on a number of key realities, but one of things I can appreciate about Paul Tillich was his effort to take Christian concepts and symbols that felt stale to cultural and societal conversation (a conversation that was increasingly growing more secular), and hit the refresh button on these concepts so that they could make a renewed impact.
Demystifying Mentoring
Mentoring is a word that has been getting a lot of attention, yet It seems to be shrouded in mystery and confusion.