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Practicing Availability and Vulnerability

Nathan Foster explores how availability and vulnerability are modeled in the life of Jesus and how we can incorporate them into our lives.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
April 10, 2019
Jesus Pouring Water

Pauses For Lent: Redefining Greatness

When Jesus teaches his disciples about what it means to follow him, he redefines the meaning of true greatness.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
April 9, 2019
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The Day God Died

Richard Foster digs deeply into the meaning of Jesus’ death on the cross and the healing it gives to us.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
April 4, 2019
Man Waiting In Chair

Facing Reality: The Grace of Acceptance

What do you do when you find out you have Parkinson’s? Glandion Carney shares his journey from denial to acceptance to grace.
Glandion Carney
Glandion Carney
April 3, 2019
Transfiguration

Pauses For Lent: Mountaintop Experiences

How do we respond to and overcome evil? Trevor Hudson points us to Jesus in this Lent reflection.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
April 2, 2019
Pain Beauty Abstract

The Christian Response to the Problem of Pain and Evil

Dallas Willard digs deeply into evil’s coexistence with the uncompromising goodness of God. It is a very Lenten thing to remember that “God is always where the suffering is” and that there is “something beyond the pain.”
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
March 27, 2019
Jesus Disciples Fresco

Pauses For Lent: Who Do You Say I Am?

Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Trevor Hudson unpacks why few questions are more important.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
March 26, 2019
Man Kneeling Praying On Pew

What to Pray When Pain Takes Your Words

When we’re unable to find our own words to pray, when all we have is worn and exhausted groans, Nathan Foster shows there is still a way to pray.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
March 21, 2019
Tree Roots Waterfall

Maturing the Spiritual Formation Movement

Some of us have been at this spiritual formation work for a while now, long enough to see quite a mixture of helpful and decidedly unhelpful things set forth. Richard Foster assesses where we are and proposes a way forward.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
March 20, 2019
Solar Eclipse

Pauses For Lent: Overcoming Evil

How do we respond to and overcome evil? Trevor Hudson points us to Jesus in this Lent reflection.
Trevor Hudson
Trevor Hudson
March 19, 2019