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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
January 10, 2025
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
January 10, 2025
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
January 10, 2025
Blessing hands mural

Blessed to Bless

Ruminating on the theme of blessing, Linda Christians shares some helpful passages from Dallas Willard’s book, Living in Christ’s Presence.
Linda Christians Dallas Willard
Linda Christians & Dallas Willard
January 10, 2025
11 11 Meaningful Advent

Making Advent More Meaningful

“I hear the laments of parents. I am a lamenting parent. Christmas is too much about the stuff. The stuff begins to clog up the supermarket aisles as early as September.” Lacy Finn Borgo shares ways to make Advent a meaningful season by experiencing the fullness of waiting for the Christ child.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
January 10, 2025
Samurai

Monk, Samurai, and the Christian Life

Ken Shigematsu’s discovered his ancestors were Japanese samurai who lived by bushido, a code of honor with surprising parallels to St. Benedict’s Rule. Modern Christians can learn much from both samurai and monk.
Ken Shigematsu
Ken Shigematsu
January 10, 2025
2018-02-20 Mom Teenage Daughter

Submitting is an Act of Choice

“Giving up getting our own way” is Lacy Borgo’s child-friendly definition of submission. And for this discipline to be healthy, that “giving up” has to be an act of choice.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
January 10, 2025
Lent Ash Wednesday Cross On Forehead

Why Lent?

The forty day journey of Lent is marked in days but lived in grace. Kai Nilsen, one of the authors of the Renovaré devotional Less is More, leads us into this season of preparation.
Kai Nilsen
Kai Nilsen
January 10, 2025
Children Drawing

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
Lacy Finn Borgo
January 10, 2025
Simple Vase

Living with Less, Loving People More

Jan Johnson helps us consider the motives behind why we acquire things—and the joy of living with less.
Jan Johnson
Jan Johnson
January 10, 2025