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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
Christopher A. Hall
July 26, 2024
Feather And Sky

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
Christopher A. Hall
July 26, 2024
Chagall David

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
Christopher A. Hall
Featured April 8, 2022 (Original Mar 2018 )
04 26 Egret

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
Christopher A. Hall
July 26, 2024
03 21 Holy Spirit Has History

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
Christopher A. Hall
July 26, 2024
Cow In Field

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
Christopher A. Hall
July 26, 2024
09 06 Trinity

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
Christopher A. Hall
Featured October 1, 2021 (Original Sep 2016 )
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Small Gate, Narrow Road

Have you ever felt that your “progress toward your destination is slow, arduous, indeed, tedious, and made no easier by the constant low clouds and fog”? Never fear, friend. That is life on the narrow road. Chris Hall finishes his look at this part of the Sermon on the Mount in today’s post.
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
Featured June 25, 2021 (Original Apr 2016 )
08 30 Blessed Trinity

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
Christopher A. Hall
Featured September 30, 2021 (Original Jul 2024 )