Love’s Imparting

Three readings—two recent and one from the 15th century—unpack the biblical image of God as Lover and humans as Beloved.

Nicholas of Cusa & Richard J. Foster & John O'Donohue

Featured February 10, 2023 (Original May 2024 )

Praying with Our Eyes

“Visio divina is the practice of letting God tell a story to our soul by ‘reading’ us a picture book.” Vivianne David offers helpful prompts for gazing at a piece of art and listening to the Spirit.

Vivianne David

February 3, 2023

Freedom in the Frame

Katelyn Dixon writes that painful experiences can actually provide a frame—a narrowing of focus—that brings comprehensible tastes of God’s glory to our attention.

Katelyn J. Dixon

February 3, 2023

Going in Search of God’s Vocabulary

The journals of Frank Laubach reveal his experiments with hearing God in “beauty and singing birds and cool breezes, in radiant Christlike faces, in sacrifices and in tears.”

Frank Laubach

Featured February 3, 2023 (Original Jan 1956 )

The Spiritual Discipline of Rest

Richella Parham gently bids us to listen not only to our bodies but to our souls, and give both the rest they so need.

Richella Parham

Featured January 27, 2023 (Original Aug 2016 )

Sabbath Is a Way of Life

In this excerpt from The Great Omission, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Sabbath and explores how Sabbath practices open us to God’s gracious provision and governance.

Dallas Willard

Featured January 27, 2023 (Original Jun 2006 )

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Sabbath is the Climax of Living

“Sabbath is more than running away,” Marva Dawn explains in Keeping the Sabbath Wholly. Habits for Sabbath connect us to our Source and give energy and meaning to life.

Marva Dawn

Featured January 27, 2023 (Original Aug 1989 )

Authority in the Context of Mutual Submission

In the kingdom of God, submission is “a call for help” and authority is offering “depth of experience and Christlikeness” as an act of submission and servanthood.

Dallas Willard

Featured January 20, 2023 (Original May 1999 )

In this classic article from Christianity Today, Richard Foster encourages Christians to embrace the authority and wisdom God has invested in his witnesses—Bible writers and examples in scripture, as well as saints and followers of Christ down through the ages.

Richard J. Foster

Featured January 20, 2023 (Original Apr 1986 )

The Submission of the Believer

Oswald Chambers reflects upon the grace that we receive through submission to Christ and to others.

Oswald Chambers

Featured January 20, 2023 (Original Jan 1934 )

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