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Woman On Bench Praying Confession

Confession: A Practical Guide

“Jesus taught that the damage done through sin was not the last word on life. Sin could be confessed. Sin could be forgiven. And sinful people could be set free.” From Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun shows how confession is the road to freedom.
Adele Calhoun
Adele Calhoun
November 6, 2018
06 27 Neighbors

How to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

This post, based on workshop notes, contains some thoughts from Dallas Willard on four key steps to becoming capable of loving our neighbor as we are commanded.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
November 2, 2018
Cup

Acquiring a Taste for God

Josh Banner and Trevor Hudson share some thoughts on how to take up the cup that Jesus offers and drink from it deeply in this guest blog post and podcast.
Joshua Banner
Joshua Banner
November 1, 2018
08 08 Family Service Listening

The Vow of Service in the Family

This excerpt from Richard Foster’s The Challenge of the Disciplined Life reveals how to live out the Ministry of Power, particularly in family life, through the “ministry of the towel.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
October 31, 2018
Routine

God of My Daily Routine

In this piece, Karl Rahner asks, “How can I redeem this wretched humdrum? How can I turn myself toward the one thing necessary, toward You? How can I escape from the prison of this routine?” The answer lies in transformative love that turns everyday routine into extraordinary joy.
Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner
October 26, 2018
11 09 Jesus Way

Truth, Justice, and the Jesus Way

“Jesus as the truth gets far more attention than Jesus as the way.” Eugene Peterson helps us move from the “gray fog of abstraction” to “the sharp particularities of the recognizable face and the familiar street.”
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson
October 25, 2018
2018 10 24 Serving Hands

Is It So Terrible to be Useful?

Drawing on a scene from “The Last Emperor,” Richard Foster helps us shift our thinking from feeling used to becoming useful.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
October 24, 2018
2018 10 21 Open For Business

The Business of Business

This Dallas Willard piece explores the call to service that lies at the heart of every vocation and the responsibilities specifically incumbent upon the merchant.
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
October 19, 2018
Serving Hands

Self-Righteous Service Versus True Service

Richard Foster invites us to discern between self-righteous service and true service, the kind that “can serve enemies as freely as friends.”
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
October 17, 2018
2018 10 12 Man Serving

Service: A Practical Guide

From Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun shares about the spiritual discipline of service and the practical ways to enter into it.
Adele Calhoun
Adele Calhoun
October 12, 2018