Defining The Incarnational Tradition: The Sacramental Life
God likes matter and uses it “to make present and visible the invisible realm of the spirit”. In this excerpt from Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster invites us to live sacramentally in all of life.
Featured November 29, 2021 (Original Oct 1998 )
The Marvel of the Incarnation
Gregory the Theologian was a 4th century defender of the doctrine of the Trinity. His theology is a timeless resource, helping clarify our image of God and calling us to marvel at the one who “takes our nature for the good of our nature.”
Featured November 29, 2021 (Original Jan 2025 )
We Are Here to Love
How can we conquer those feelings of self-consciousness that can tangle up the better angels of our nature and keep us from stepping out in love? Carolyn Arends offers some honesty and wise words in this excerpt from her book Wrestling with Angels.
Featured November 26, 2021 (Original Jan 2008 )
The Quiet Power of a Transformed Life
Richard Foster gives us a glimpse of John Woolman, a life shaped by scripture and attuned to the divine promptings of the Spirit.
Featured November 16, 2021 (Original May 2010 )
Pursuing Holy Obedience
From his enduring classic, A Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly offers four steps or guidelines to help us “commit our lives in unreserved obedience to Him.”
Featured November 16, 2021 (Original Jan 1941 )
Renewing Our Most Basic Commitment
Marva Dawn and Eugene Peterson present a counter-cultural call for pastors to honor their basic commitment as Christians over and above professional religious duties, and to embrace an identity as “unnecessary” to unhealthy demands of culture, ego, and congregational ambitions.
Featured November 8, 2021 (Original Nov 1999 )