How to Create a Rule of Life Based on the Six Streams
Author and Benedictine Anglican priest Chris Webb walks us through a very practical way to create a rule of life—one that’s realistic, not just idealistic—based on the six streams found in Richard Foster’s Streams of Living Water.
Featured December 28, 2021 (Original Jan 2010 )
The God of “Hesed”
An excerpt from Michael Card’s book Inexpressible helps us consider how we can imitate God’s hesed by extending mercy, presence, and blessing “with no strings attached.”
Featured December 20, 2021 (Original Dec 2018 )
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
In two short stanzas, Charles Wesley announces the good news of the kingdom, available to us through the one “born a child and yet a King.” This hymn offers us a chance to consider the offer of Christ’s rule and how we will respond.
Featured December 20, 2021 (Original Dec 1744 )
Walking with Hope
Chris Hall explores the message of hope that the Messiah brings. With Mary’s tenacious faith as his model, he encourages us to “to live in hope [as our lives unfold] in the strange, wondrous, demanding in-between time all Christians indwell.”
Featured December 20, 2021 (Original Jan 2025 )
This, Too, Is In His Hands
This short excerpt from Corrie ten Boom’s autobiography The Hiding Place holds a clue for us about our communicating God. As bombs fall on Haarlem, Corrie receives a disturbing vision in the middle of prayer—what might God be showing her?
Featured December 6, 2021 (Original Jan 2025 )