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Ep. 186 David Taylor — Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life
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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.
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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 today 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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