Week 3 of the spiritual formation lecture series, “Is There More to the Christian Life?” was about typical models we use in attempts to facilitate spiritual growth. The series is taught by professors from Biola University’s Institute for Spiritual Formation. The premise: God transforms us in and through our relationship with him. This relationship is… Continue reading a relational model of spiritual growth
In my recent spiritual formation studies, I continue to see how God accepts our human-ness: our feelings, our failures, even our acknowledgement of our sinfulness. There truly is nothing that separates us from God’s love. Yet I also continue to see how we often misunderstand or can be unintentionally misleading about the Christian life in… Continue reading the christian life vs. reality
Last night was week 2 of a lecture series on spiritual formation I’m attending, taught by professors from Biola University’s Institute for Spiritual Formation. The theme is “Is There More to the Christian Life?” And last night was about “Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation.” Your daily Christian life is about to be turned upside… Continue reading stop being good
For the past three weeks I’ve been working with a local church on communications for an inter-faith panel they hosted over the weekend in their regular services. Under the heading “Are all Religions the Same?” representatives from five major world religions – Buddhism, Judaism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church), Islam… Continue reading the inter-faith panel
I started a lecture series on spiritual formation last night, taught by professors from Biola University’s Institute for Spiritual Formation. If we’re honest, most of us at some point have thought, “Christianity just doesn’t work for me.” “I must not be doing it right.” Or, “I just don’t get it.” Spiritual formation examines where we… Continue reading is there more to the christian life?
Roundup of a few of this week’s favorite tweets and links. 9/2: LOL RT @prodigaljohn: …soon churches will have to put strength of sanctuary’s 3G coverage on sign beside service times. 9/1: Teens embrace fake Christianity or “moralistic therapeutic deism” – God as divine therapist. http://bit.ly/azvbAS</a> Trying to think positive today: I started out with… Continue reading weekly tweet roundup
When you’ve been unemployed for over a year, it’s really easy to become completely self-focused. First I must clarify: while I’m technically unemployed, God has been providing me with lots of freelance work which has been keeping me afloat. Nevertheless. I catch my brain chewing on questions about what God has for me. What does… Continue reading joining God
Fast Company reports an eerily optimistic story about iris scanners being installed throughout a large city in Mexico. Here are a few of the creepiest excerpts: “Every person, place, and thing on this planet will be connected [to the iris system] within the next 10 years,” he says.” “To implement the system, the city is… Continue reading iris scanners create “secure” city
Chocolate is good for you. “In a nine-year study, conducted among 31,823 Swedish women, researchers looked at the relationship between the amount of high-quality dark chocolate eaten and the risk of heart failure. The researchers found that women who ate an average of one to two servings of the high-quality chocolate per week had a… Continue reading important scientific breakthrough
Earlier this week Christianity Today posted a timely article: What Is the Gospel Response to the Prop. 8 Decision? – a collection of observations by Christian thinkers, primarily academics. I’ve read through it several times, and find myself feeling… well, disappointed. But if there’s one thing I know absolutely about Prop 8, it’s that it’s… Continue reading thoughts for christian leaders on prop 8 decision
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