Modern Media and Tech—Blessing or Curse?
“What we as a species now face in terms of access to entertainment, communication, and information is completely unprecedented in the whole of human existence.” In this foreword to Everyday Sabbath, Nathan Foster ponders the role of technology and media in our lives.
Featured July 18, 2024 (Original Aug 2021 )
Practicing the Presence of Christ
Trevor Hudson explains classical practices for growing our awareness of God’s presence “wherever we are and in whatever we are doing.”
Featured July 18, 2024 (Original Nov 2010 )
Learning To Trust The Slow Work Of God
Carolyn Arends reminds us that spiritual formation is a slow process by design. “Let’s not mistake God’s patience for inactivity.”
Featured July 11, 2024 (Original Sep 2020 )
A People, Transforming
Mimi Dixon writes about the swelling influence of Celebration of Discipline: “Individuals from every race and nation and tongue and stratum of society were joining hearts and hands and minds and voices in a shared commitment to go deep in their life with God.”
Featured June 28, 2024 (Original May 2024 )
Self-Denial Without Self-Hatred
“Most of us have been exposed to such a mutilated form of biblical submission that either we have embraced the deformity or we have rejected the Discipline altogether,” Foster writes. This Celebration of Discipline excerpt explains why true submission has nothing to do with self-hatred.
Featured June 28, 2024 (Original Dec 1977 )
Making Companionship With God a Priority at All Costs
In this excerpt from Soul Care in African American Practice, Barbara Peacock calls out patterns of busyness that threaten our intimacy with God. She encourages us to “make companionship with God a priority” by setting aside times to soak in the presence of Jesus.
Featured June 13, 2024 (Original May 2020 )
Rejoice, Y’all
Christianity isn’t a solo venture. Marva Dawn explains why “we need the whole Body of the people of God.”
Featured May 31, 2024 (Original Apr 1999 )