Why Do We Need Retreat?

Featured January 1, 2020

In this excerpt from her introduction to Wilderness Time, Emilie Griffin challenges our resistance to spending intentional time with God and argues for the indispensability of retreat in our spiritual lives.

Book Excerpt

The Reflective Executive

Published December, 1992 • Featured June 23, 2019

Former marketing consultant Emilie Griffin learned how to work alongside God in the midst of high-profile work. The reflective executive, she explains, is one “who operates within the realm of the practical knowing that with God, all things are possible.”

Book Excerpt from Clinging: The Experience of Prayer

Learning to Pray Again

Published December, 2002 • Featured June 22, 2017

“Knowing about prayer is not enough,” writes Emilie Griffin. “We need to give ourselves to prayer.” In this excerpt, Emilie writes about the way that a healthy image of God undergirds prayer.

Book Excerpt from Souls in Full Sail

Surprising Prayer

Featured September 1, 2016

You are invited to experience the unexpected in prayer today with this excerpt from Emilie Griffin’s Souls in Full Sail. Come and learn how the intersection of a street musician and Bible study opened a heart to courageous prayer one Saturday afternoon at a local library.

Letter

Creativity and Faith

Published July, 2002 • Featured July 1, 2002

Emilie Griffin reminds us that the creative spark is part of what it means to be an image-bearer.