Spiritual Formation Articles

God’s Invitations to Be Transformed as We Age

Author Alice Fryling helps us find holy opportunities hidden within the uncertainties and disruptions of growing older.

Alice Fryling

October 20, 2021

Nothing Wasted

An encouraging word from Philip Yancey’s memoir about God’s redemptive work in and through our past wounds.

Philip Yancey

October 5, 2021

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Living the Sermon on the Mount Together

“What does it mean to hear Jesus’ voice and follow him?” asks Charles Moore. “There is no better place to start than to hear what Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount.”

Charles E. Moore

September 7, 2021

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Modern Media and Tech — Blessing or Curse?

“What we as a species now face in terms of access to entertainment, communication, and information is completely unprecedented in the whole of human existence.” In this foreword to Everyday Sabbath, Nathan Foster ponders the role of technology and media in our lives.

Nathan Foster

August 27, 2021

How to Live with Open Hands

Using the first Beatitude of Jesus as a guide, Mark Scandrette invites us to move from close-handed worry to open-handed trust.

Mark Scandrette

July 13, 2021

A Hurry-Free Life

Does “relentlessly eliminate hurry” mean embracing an inefficient life? Carolyn Arends explores if it is possible to work quickly without being in a hurry.

Carolyn Arends

March 1, 2021

How to Pray While Drowning In Doubt

Without pretense or platitudes, Tish Harrison Warren lights the candle of nighttime prayer to help us find a path forward in the darkness of doubt and grief.

Tish Harrison Warren

January 26, 2021

Broken and Whole

Steve Macchia encourages us to own, rather than reject, our brokenness, and release it into the hands of a very loving heavenly Father.

Steve Macchia

January 1, 2021

Creativity in the Chaos

When COVID-19 began, Carolyn Arends noticed something weird: people were crafting. They responded to chaos with cosmos. And regardless of our artistic ability, all of us are made in the image of the Creator and instilled with a desire to create order and beauty.

Carolyn Arends

January 1, 2021

Finding God at the End of Our Rope

Dallas Willard was right, says Lacy Borgo, “God’s address is at the end of our rope.” To stay centered and connected in seasons of struggle, she invites us to pray the Psalms and to play as a “stubborn act of hope.”

Lacy Finn Borgo

December 16, 2020

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