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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
November 23, 2024
Bolt Cutter

How to Release Resentment: Steps for Forgiving Others

Nathan shares a personal reflection on the hold of resentment upon our hearts and minds and how “it is possible to release the person, the burden, and the toxicity it places on us into the capable hands of God.”
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
November 23, 2024
04 18 Calling A Friend

Like Calling a Friend and Never Hanging Up

What if praying without ceasing is less like an unending military drill and much more like “calling a friend and never hanging up”? Nate Foster joins us to consider this approach when we commit our ways to drawing deeper into prayer. Whether fun or mundane, the conversation is always worthwhile.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
November 23, 2024
African American Woman Studying Bible

Understanding Study

“Study is the process whereby our minds take on an order conforming to the order of whatever we concentrate upon.” Richard Foster succinctly introduces this month’s discipline of study.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 23, 2024
Simple Tree

Understanding Simplicity

“Simplicity is an inward reality that results in an outward lifestyle. Both are necessary. ” Richard Foster explains why.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 23, 2024
Cross Inside Man

Understanding Confession

Confession is the spiritual discipline that allows us to enter into the grace and mercy of God in such a way that we experience forgiveness and healing for the sins and sorrows of the past.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 23, 2024
06 10 Coal Confession

Free from the Darkness

The twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous helped Nathan Foster admit the exact nature of his wrongs and receive the power of forgiveness which comes through the discipline of confession.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster
November 23, 2024
2018 05 09 Table Fasting

Understanding Fasting

“Fasting is the voluntary denial of an otherwise normal function for the sake of intense spiritual activity.” Richard Foster explains the what and why of this month’s focus discipline.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
November 23, 2024
07 27 Joy But Not Jonat

Unmasking the Joy-Thief

Our new Director of Communications, Brian Morykon, joins us today with a timely piece from the vault. Is our identity just the accumulation of our thoughts, feelings, personality traits, and experiences? Or is it something else? Brian shares how he is finding his spirit renewed in his true identity.
Brian Morykon
Brian Morykon
November 23, 2024
White Flag

Giving Up Control for Lent

For the start of Lent, pastor Kai Nilsen invites us into the practice of submission—humble, open, mutually dependent relationship with God and with one another.
Kai Nilsen
Kai Nilsen
November 23, 2024