Any Little Humble Path
Lilias Trotter’s biographer, Miriam Rockness, shares personal reflections on two diary entries from the missionary whose art and words left a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom.
Ready to Be Offered
What holds us back from total freedom to do God’s will? Lilias Trotter creates a parable from the dandelion to examine the “way out” of self-centeredness into selfless service.
Awake and Connected to Our Divine Parent
Lacy Borgo invites us to strengthen our connection with God by learning from the movements of young children towards their parents and from the prayer-movements of Daniel in Babylon.
Discovering and Rediscovering God’s Goodness
“We all carry a seed of God within,” writes Russell Tillman. “Perhaps the way to nourish this seed and to allow it to blossom and grow is to learn to embrace all things as from God.”
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.