Healing Traumas of Omission
It’s easy (but harmful) to confuse our old sinful self with our inner wounded child. In this honest piece, Brian Morykon helps us understand the difference between the two and points towards healing through secure attachment to God.
What Your Soul Needs
An excerpt from James Bryan Smith’s newest book takes a look at how God restores the human soul.
The God Who Sees Me
Every human being desires to be known and affirmed—a desire that only our Maker can deeply fulfill. With honesty and vulnerability, Jill Weber shares how an awareness of being seen by God changes everything.
Response-ability
Carolyn Arends writes how her experiences as a young mom and musician helped her listen for God’s invitations to tweak spiritual practices. The adage is true—when practicing spiritual disciplines, we “do as we can, not as we can’t.”
Discipline: We Can Live By It
“The disciplined person is the free person,” writes Richard Foster. In this 1982 essay, Richard explains how God uses disciplines not to bind us to a set of rules, but to release us from controlling habits and unhealthy desires.
Fasting Unto God
Fasting, like all spiritual disciplines, must be initiated and led by the Spirit. Arthur Wallis counsels readers to fast only in response to the Divine invitation, shifting our focus from the blessing to the Blesser.
In the Land of Even-Thoughs
Terrry Wardle encourages us to “look for the table” that the Good Shepherd prepares for us in the midst of difficult experiences.
When the Past is Present
Terry Wardle tells about the encounter that began his journey to live free from the prison of an “unhealed past.”
How to Be with Those Who Suffer
In this excerpt from his book Holy Spirit Here and Now, Trevor shares wisdom about coming alongside those who suffer, and invites readers into the spiritual discipline of planned encounters with people who suffer.
The Day God Died
Richard Foster digs deeply into the meaning of Jesus’ death on the cross and the healing it makes available.