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Tag: faith and growth
Five Strategies To Stop “Learning Loss” In The Church
Rather than learn or study or interact with the word of God on our own, we're often depending on relationships to do it for us. While that's a fine practice, it's becoming a struggle for people to engage with God outside of a relational context, on an individual level. And that's a problem. [Click title to read more.]
Shhhh. (Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Is To Keep Quiet)
Solicitous silence is a practice we could stand to engage in more often. [Click title to read more.]
How I Find Good Christian Books
A good book is hard to find, sometimes. Here's how I look for one that's just right. [Click title to read more.]
Thank God For The Closed Doors
Our response to closed doors in our lives gives a lot away about what we prioritize. It's time to change the way we think about them. [Click title to read more.]
Let’s Stop Pretending Choices Only Matter For Adolescents
Among Christians, there's a sense that we've "made it" if we head into our adult years with our faith and our lives mostly in one piece. Except that isn't really the case. [Click title to read more.]
Christianity Is Not A Wellness Practice
Any time we use God as a means to our own end, any time we make God a "tool" that serves the same purpose as a crystal or a supplement or a coloring book - we've lost the plot. [Click title to read more.]
The Unflappable Christians
Our Biblically-mandated roles demand a certain level of unflappability. We've got business to be about, regardless of circumstance. [Click title to read more.]
Inter-generational Ministry And Fellowship Are Treasures
It's so easy and natural to segregate ourselves in modern churches. But inter-generational work and worship is important. [Click title to read more.]
Spiritual Reflection Needs To Be More Than “What Am I Doing Wrong?”
It's hard to figure out how your faith walk is going if you never look at it, and yet we're often tempted to treat that sort of introspection the same way we treat food that is healthy but that we don't really want to eat: we put it on the back shelf of the fridge until it molds, and we pretend it isn't there. [Click title to read more.]