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Encounters with Silence In this piece, Karl Rahner asks, "How can I redeem this wretched humdrum? How can I turn myself toward the one thing necessary, toward You? How can I escape from the prison of this routine?" The…

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Is It So Terrible to be Useful? Drawing on a scene from "The Last Emperor," Richard Foster helps us shift our thinking from feeling used to becoming useful.

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Open Spaces for Solitude Margaret Campbell writes about carving out time and space for solitude so that we are free to be found by God.

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The Human Body and Spiritual Growth Probably the least understood aspect of progress in Christlikeness is the role of the body in the spiritual life. Dallas Willard illuminates the connection.

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Spiritual Disciplines are an Invitation "The disciplines are an invitation, not an obligation." Nathan Foster reminds us that "joy, freedom, and laughter are where this journey is taking us."

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How Can Churches and Ministries Recover Their Founding Vision? Dallas Willard offers wise counsel to help us avoid letting service to Christ usurp love of Christ.

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A Brief Overview of the With-God Life From the Life with God Bible, this brief overview of biblical history helps us grasp how the divine drama took concrete forms in each age as people encountered God.

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Sabbath Is a Way of Life In this excerpt from The Great Omission, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Sabbath and explores how Sabbath practices open us to God's gracious provision and governance.

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Selfish Care, Self-Care, and Soul Care — What’s the Difference? Tending to Ourselves and Our Souls Part of the discipline of submission is recognizing our limitations and caring for our souls. Nathan Foster says soul care is when "we simply place ourselves in a position for God to care for us,…

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Moment By Moment Submitting to the Will of God An overview of Frank Laubach’s Letters by a Modern Mystic Frank Laubach tried submitting every moment to God. As Dallas Willard tells here, this inner life of utter submission empowered Laubach to bring the love of Christ and the gift of literacy to the…

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You Are Important, and We Love You An Ode to Cake How did cake become the nearly universal dessert of celebration and consolation? How do people speak love through baking and sharing cake? What was Francis of Assisi's favorite cake? Is there really…

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Advent: Learning to Wait In a time of year that too often rushes headlong toward Christmas Day, Richella Parham reminds us about the courage we need to wait upon the Lord—a courage we live out in the Advent season as we both…