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Why Pray If God Already Knows?
With help from the church fathers and mothers, Chris Hall considers what communication is like with the God whose knowledge is inseparable from his love.
Christopher A. Hall
December 7, 2024
Keeping Our Souls Light
Poor choices form poor habits which lead to dull and heavy hearts. Chris Hall with help from Abba Isaac lights the way back to feather-like sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
Christopher A. Hall
December 7, 2024
The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor
When we learn to imitate those who model a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeavor there is no one better to observe, Chris Hall writes, than King David.
Christopher A. Hall
Featured April 8, 2022
(Original Mar 2018 )
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.
Christopher A. Hall
December 7, 2024
The Holy Spirit Has a History
Many have believed that God went silent for hundreds of years after the 1st century. Not so. With the help of his mentor, Tom Oden, Chris Hall learned to trace God’s hand throughout history.
Christopher A. Hall
December 7, 2024
Chewing the Cud of Scripture
Chris Hall examines John Chrysostom’s “constant rereading and memorization of Pauline texts” in his own transformation toward Christlikeness and encourages us to do likewise.
Christopher A. Hall
December 7, 2024
The Exponentially Personal Trinity
“Three persons who are distinct, but are not, by any stretch of the imagination, independent of one another. On the contrary, they are so dependent, so interdependent, that though each is the one God, they also together constitute the one God.” Chris Hall considers this mystery of the Trinity.
Christopher A. Hall
Featured October 1, 2021
(Original Sep 2016 )
Taking God Personally
In this post, Chris Hall explores what he calls the “personalness” of God, saying not only does God possess this quality, but that he is “Personalness itself.” We invite you to consider some of the ramifications of our God who is not an “It” but a “Thou,” and not just an “I” but also a “we.”
Christopher A. Hall
Featured September 30, 2021
(Original Dec 2024 )
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