So much of the Bible emphasizes listening, avoiding careless or hasty speech, and being considerate of others. And so much of that is because we don't know the hidden depths of each human we meet, nor can we understand their hopes and fears and dreams and struggles. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: spiritual growth
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.]
Strive For Authenticity, Not Admiration
A Christian who has attempted to avoid, smooth out, or hide from every imperfection in their life becomes removed and isolated, divorced from the purpose of their being. [Click title to read more.]
Be Wary Of Churning Out Marthas Rather Than Marys
Missing from all of our Christian "doing" is the deliberate cultivation of a reflective interior life that allows for individual growth and a changing, evolving, rich relationship with God. [Click title to read more.]
Act From Love Immediately. Postpone Actions Motivated By Anything Else.
Love immediately, and delay everything that doesn't come from love. [Click title to read more.]
Stop Assuming Someone Else Will Do It
To my shame, I realize that "someone else will do it" is one of my most common excuses for avoiding God's work - or, more explicitly, for avoiding the work that I'm least interested in or least motivated to do. [Click title to read more.]
Giving Up The Fight Against Pain and Discomfort
It's not necessarily wrong to avoid pain, and to do what we can to minimize the pain, discomfort, fear, or grief in our lives. But a lot of us need to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable. [Click title to read more.]
Monday Morning: Making Your Spiritual Practices Work Better When Your Hair Is On Fire
I don't want God to be a chore, or one more thing that I have to do for the day. Here are five things I've started doing to make my Monday spiritual practices a little more bearable. [Click title to read more.]
“Invisible” Sins and Spiritual Window-Washing
I suspect sometimes our desire to appear righteous is greater than our desire to be righteous [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 