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Hon­est Joy, Hon­est Sorrow

From his book Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide for Life, David Tay­lor shares how the Psalms give us per­mis­sion to hon­est­ly express the full range of the human emotion.
David Taylor
David Taylor
May 29, 2020
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Shin­ing Exam­ples of Incar­na­tion­al Living

“One of the best ways,” Richard Fos­ter writes, ​“we can grasp the idea of an ​‘incar­na­tion­al lifestyle’ is to look at peo­ple in the past who have blazed the trail ahead of us and have shared their jour­ney with us.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
May 22, 2020
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Art­ful Discipleship

Car­olyn Arends shares with us some of the many ways that the arts can play an impor­tant role in our spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion. How can active­ly and inten­tion­al­ly engag­ing with the many dis­ci­plines of the cre­ative world dis­ci­pline us to cleave ever clos­er to our Creator?
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
May 21, 2020
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Chang­ing and Being Changed Through Journaling

Luci Shaw offers some advice from her book Life Path. Engag­ing faith­ful­ly in this spir­i­tu­al dis­ci­pline will open chan­nels that will trans­form us, heal us, and bring us a few steps clos­er to God.
Luci Shaw
Luci Shaw
May 13, 2020
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Nav­i­gat­ing a New World

Con­tin­u­ing his reflec­tions about loss and grief, Chris Hall turns his atten­tion to the ways those we love nev­er real­ly leave us — even when they are more than a phone call away. He shares some favorite quotes that bring his friend Tom Oden close by, even as Tom’s absence is still keen­ly felt.
Chris Hall
Chris Hall
May 11, 2020
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Enter­ing the Ulti­mate Reality

You are invit­ed to con­sid­er the ​“avail­abil­i­ty of a life in con­stant con­ver­sa­tion with God” through the work of Dal­las Willard and Frank Laubach.
Dallas Willard Frank Laubach
Dallas Willard & Frank Laubach
May 7, 2020
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Mod­el of a Life Well Lived

Richard Fos­ter reflects on the ​“human super­no­va” who changed his life for­ev­er: Dal­las Willard. In this fore­word to Becom­ing Dal­las Willard, Richard shares mem­o­ries of his friend and why he believes that Dal­las’s life is a mod­el for our time.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
May 6, 2020
Family Zooming

Vir­tu­al Realities

Car­olyn Arends dis­cov­ered that there are bar­ri­ers to singing cor­po­rate­ly over the inter­net. ​“Maybe,” she offers, ​“that tells us some­thing important.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
May 5, 2020
No Knead Whole Wheat Bread

The Sus­tain­ing Bread of Self-Knowledge

Richard Fos­ter joins us to share (with the help of Tere­sa of Ávi­la) why the Prayer of Exa­m­en is essen­tial to self-knowl­edge and why self-knowl­edge is essen­tial to spir­i­tu­al health. An excerpt from Prayer: Find­ing the Heart’s True Home.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
April 29, 2020
Cavern Looking Up

Tak­ing Sin — and Grace — Seriously

Sea­sons of dis­rup­tion and chal­lenge can reveal dis­heart­en­ing cracks in our per­son­al­i­ties. They can also become an invi­ta­tion to reset our direc­tion or cul­ti­vate new habits. Rebec­ca Konyn­dyk DeY­oung joins us to share why we should take sin seri­ous­ly — and grace even more seriously.
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
April 25, 2020