Spiritual Formation Articles

Carbonated Holiness

From giggles to guffaws and from splitting one’s sides to being in stitches, there is nothing quite like a good laugh for all the right reasons to release us into self-forgetfulness and worshipful joy. Carolyn Arends explains why laughter is serious business.

Carolyn Arends

February 12, 2019

Worship con Queso

Director of Education Carolyn Arends shares how a truly magnificent chile con queso can move her to worship and muses, along with C.S. Lewis, that “every earthly pleasure is an apprenticeship in adoration for the sort of thing that will go on forever in heaven.”

Carolyn Arends

February 8, 2019

Understanding Celebration

Richard Foster shares how celebration prevents the spiritual disciplines from deteriorating into soul-killing legalisms and saves us from taking ourselves too seriously.

Richard J. Foster

February 7, 2019

Spiritual Disciplines Index: Celebration

The Spiritual Disciplines Index is a selective, topical index designed to help readers get a picture of the with-God life presented in the Bible. Here are passages related to celebration.

Renovaré Team

February 6, 2019

Celebration: A Practical Guide

From her helpful Spiritual Disciplines Handbook, Adele Calhoun provides a succinct and practical overview of the discipline of Celebration.

Adele Calhoun

February 5, 2019

The Sacrament of the Present Moment

“When will God be all in all to us?” Come and acquaint yourself with Jean-Pierre de Caussade’s thoughts on aligning ourselves with divine will by living fully with God in each present moment.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

February 1, 2019

An Everyday Experiment in Hearing God

Found in archives dated shortly after the publication of Celebration of Discipline, these honest journal entries from Richard Foster provide a helpful window into a daily experiment with listening to God moment by moment.

Richard J. Foster

January 31, 2019

Can Children Hear God?

Children, like adults, can learn to distinguish God’s voice from the many others that are clamoring for their attention. Lacy Borgo shares how.

Lacy Finn Borgo

January 25, 2019

An Habitual Sense of God's Presence

Brother Lawrence’s approach to life was uncomplicated yet profound: “I have walked before God in simple faith, with humility and with love, and I apply myself diligently to do nothing and think nothing which might displease him.”

Brother Lawrence

January 22, 2019

On Love and Nonviolence

When his home was bombed in 1956 with his wife and young child inside, King chose to respond with love, not violence. He explains the reasons why in this classic piece on the tremendous power of non-violence.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2019

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