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Well, yes it can! It’s no use saying Epiphany was too short this year or I’m not ready for Lent. It is happening. And I am disappointed! Last year during Lent I sent out an email each day that used … Continue reading
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That question may be a little confusing but allow me to offer some light. A few weeks ago we looked at a couple of the publications from Renovare. First, A Spiritual Formation Workbook and then Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for … Continue reading
Last week I posted a few comments about one of the books from Renovare, Spiritual Formation Workbook, and I’ll like to follow up with some material from the introduction to Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups. This is … Continue reading
In previous posts I called your attention to a couple of devotional apps and in each case gave some focus to the spiritual principles and practices that form a foundation for the writers and the apps. Today I want to … Continue reading
Have you ever thought you had a problem with prayer? I will confess that I have. I just came across this from Richard Foster on one kind of prayer problem – Our problem is that we assume prayer is something … Continue reading
During this past week did you make time for the appreciating practice outline last week? I did not make time every day but on two days I did. One of those mornings it was not long after I woke up … Continue reading
So, is service a spiritual discipline? Is it formational? For a moment consider these words from the letter to the Philippians, “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form … Continue reading
In our past several weeks of thinking about fasting what has been your experience? Have you fasted? Did you decide to fast for some period of time? Why? Were you “suppose” to? Or did something call you to a time … Continue reading
In Celebration of Discipline Richard Foster writes, “Fasting must forever center on God. It must be God-initiated and God-ordained…. Every other purpose must be subservient to God…. More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us. This … Continue reading
Since Lent is so closely associated with fasting, it seems a good time for us to think together about fasting. First, hear this challenge from John Wesley, “Some have exalted religious fasting beyond all Scripture and reason; and others have … Continue reading