How God Speaks: Learning to Recognize the Lord’s voice

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Stages of life and faith · ​“Disturb me, Lord” · Knowing when to pause The final episode of this season of Friends in Formation covers listener questions on why spiritual formation "clicks" at certain ages, whether we should pray the prayer "Disturb me, Lord" (Sir…

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray Knowing how to pray is not automatic, but we have a Good Teacher. Andrew Murray's 1885 book invites readers to "permanently enroll our names in that school, which He always keeps open"—the school of…

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Discovering and Rediscovering God’s Goodness "We all carry a seed of God within," writes Russell Tillman. "Perhaps the way to nourish this seed and to allow it to blossom and grow is to learn to embrace all things as from God."

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Awake and Connected to Our Divine Parent Lacy Borgo invites us to strengthen our connection with God by learning from the movements of young children towards their parents and from the prayer-movements of Daniel in Babylon.

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Vivianne David — Visio Divina Nathan welcomes Vivianne David, co-founder and host of Vilayala Retreat, to the podcast to talk about how our eyes can guide us into prayer.

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Trials vs Temptations · What Trips You Up · Measuring Spiritual Progress In this month’s episode of Friends in Formation, Richella, Nate, and James answer listener questions about Dallas Willard’s version of The Lord’s Prayer, what things get the goat of our hosts, and…

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Late Have I Loved Thee North African Bishop St. Augustine was in his 30s when he became a Christian. In this prayer he laments his slowness to open his heart to God. Though his love is "late," it is full of vigor and…

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A Liturgy for Those Deconstructing Their Faith When our faith is sifted for impurities or when we feel lost or confused, there is always hope. “You are in a critical place," this prayer reminds us, "but take heart—you could be on the cusp of…

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One-ed to the Will of Our Lord In this excerpt from Fr. John-Julian’s translation, Julian of Norwich explains what God showed her about grounding our prayers in his perfect will.

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Building a Bridge between Protestants and Catholics Trevor Hudson writes about how the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius provide an opportunity for Catholics and Protestants of all stripes to find "common ground" by listening to each other’s experiences…

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A Pilgrimage with Sunlight This one-day retreat will help you reflect on and expe­ri­ence God’s pres­ence dur­ing the course of a day. It con­sists of three times of observa­tion and prayer that could take as lit­tle as 15…