Spiritual Formation
Jesus Is Not Your Security Blanket
As I sat down with a student I was discipling, she boldly said, “It’s okay; I don’t need to worry about my job, because God knows the plans he has for me, and they’re for me to prosper and what not.”
The Beauty of Embodiment: How Physical Practices Point Us to Spiritual Truth
My fascination with Lent began with a half-hearted fast when I was a freshman in college.
Don’t Miss Out: How Lent Prepares Us for Easter
Among the recurring stress dreams commonly reported by people, perhaps this is the most familiar: you show up at school only to realize that you’ve forgotten about a quiz or final exam.
How Christian Discipline Leads to Joy
The goal of disciplined piano practice is not to master the piano.
Jesus Is Not Your Sports Buddy
In our roughly 12x12 family office (with about 6.5-foot ceilings, I might add), I embarrassingly have 39 items with a San Francisco 49ers logo on them.
Finding Freedom from Shame
A therapist once pointedly suggested that I was experiencing shame. I promptly suggested she was wrong.
Look Back to Look Forward: Questions to Review Your Year
Right now the Internet is full of predictions, invitations to new year’s resolutions, and promises about what 2017 could be with the right [insert latest product/diet/happy thought here].