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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
January 11, 2025
08 12 Children

Life with God for Children

In her gentle, always child-affirming way, our Lacy digs a bit into into the hows of her children’s curriculum by sharing the four shaping principles she used when creating it.
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
January 11, 2025
09 02 Shadow Flute Man

Surprising Prayer

You are invited to experience the unexpected in prayer today with this excerpt from Emilie Griffin’s Souls in Full Sail. Come and learn how the intersection of a street musician and Bible study opened a heart to courageous prayer one Saturday afternoon at a local library.
Emilie Griffin
Emilie Griffin
January 11, 2025
09 07 Fénelon Letter

Accept Your Weakness

There is nothing quite like a letter from an old friend. This letter is from a friend and brother whom we have not yet met. But, across the years, his love is palpable and his wisdom sound. Come and savor the words of François Fénelon.
François Fénelon
François Fénelon
January 11, 2025
09 09 Secret Place

Leading Publicly From the Secret Place

How can leading worship to an empty room move a person from head-song performance to heart-song surrender? Brian Morykon knows well. He leads us into the heart of worship by sharing this original piece on renewal, authenticity, and giving yourself away.
Brian Morykon
Brian Morykon
January 11, 2025
09 16 Posture Inward Prayer

A Posture of Inward Prayer

Linda Christians leads us into the storm with this bracing consideration of Madame Jeanne Guyon--a 17th century Christian martyr and author of a respected book on prayer--and Jan Johnson’s condensed and modernized edition of Guyon’s autobiography.
Linda Christians
Linda Christians
January 11, 2025
10 05 Bank Tellers Oxford 1916

The Little Birds Who Won’t Sing

In this a piece by G.K. Chesterton he ponders why medieval trades often engaged in rousing choruses that brought community and uplift to their labor while modern professionals rarely bust forth in song. His conclusions are, of course, Chestertonian.
G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton
January 11, 2025
09 26 Storm On Galilee

Relaxing into Another Reality

In this reflection from Jan Johnson on a particular time spent doing lectio divina on Matthew 8:23-27, she invites us in several ways to imagine Jesus’ calm in the face of chaos.
Jan Johnson
Jan Johnson
January 11, 2025
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The Tarnished Image-Bearers

Chris Hall celebrates the good news of the Incarnation in this piece adapted from The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the Unknowable.
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
January 11, 2025
10 14 Brotherhood Symphony

A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood

Mimi Dixon explores the theme of the power of non-violence in effecting social change by first looking at Jesus’ example in healing the soldier’s ear on the night of his betrayal and then finishing with the timeless words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Miriam Dixon
Miriam Dixon
January 11, 2025