Spiritual Formation

January 30, 2013

By Lisa Rieck

I was feeling a little stuck. You’ve been a Christian your whole life, I told myself in a mini pep talk. You should know how to have a meaningful quiet time, a deep prayer life, a correct perception of God. But the truth was, the practices that had been helpful in the past no longer were.

January 28, 2013

By Amy Hauptman

Pray Without Talking

You can hear from God. I bet no one’s ever sat you down and explicitly (and bravely) said that out loud, to your face, because no one wants to look bad if you take a risk to listen for God’s voice and then don’t hear anything.

January 16, 2013

By Kasey Kimball

I Am (Not) Lord

Why is this day different from other days? Why is it that on all other days I set an alarm, but on this day I sleep in and take an afternoon nap?

January 16, 2013

By Matt Sally

Q & A: What Is Spiritual Formation?

“Practicing spiritual disciplines is life altering,” said Stephen Smith, InterVarsity alumnus and InterVarsity Press author.

January 15, 2013

By Jonathan Rice

What Is Sanctification?

My wife has a cherished collection of hand-painted, fine china tea cups that she keeps on the top shelf of a cupboard. These cups are kept separate from our ordinary coffee mugs and brought down from their place of safety and display on special occasions.

December 28, 2012

By Christine Jeske

Are You Poor Enough? Reflections from Urbana 12

Poor is such a confusing word. We normally think of poverty as a bad thing, the kind of thing that shows up in shock-value statistics like 43 percent of people in the world live on less than $2 a day, or poverty causes the deaths of 22,000 children a day.

December 11, 2012

By Lisa Rieck

A Mid-Advent (and Onward!) Reading List

Advent is about longing. It’s a time to remember the Israelites’ years of waiting for the Messiah, and to focus on our own longing for a deeper sense of Emmanuel in our daily lives as well as for Jesus’ return.

November 26, 2012

By Phil Bowling-Dyer

Loss and Legacy

I lost both of my parents in September. I’m mourning deeply, of course, but I also find a deep gratitude welling up for the many gifts they gave me.

November 12, 2012

By Adam and Christine Jeske

Jesus Doesn't Want You to Be Afraid

Three weeks ago, I asked several hundred college students a question: What is your biggest obstacle today to giving your whole life for God’s global mission?

October 16, 2012

By Chris Nielson

Can God Use My Vote?

How often do we view our citizenship as a gift that we’ve been given to steward?

Spiritual Formation

Pages

Categories