The Weight of Hours
Maybe we can take a deep breath and slow down a bit, knowing we have eternity to experience all the things we want to experience and accomplish all the things we want to accomplish. Maybe we can take a deep breath and notice more of God’s presence in our world. And maybe we can learn to walk slow, go easy, and love well.
Art: Encountering God and Great Truths
Good art, good poetry, and true mythology communicate, without our knowing it, that life is not just a series of insulated, unrelated events.
Silence: Quieting Other Voices To Hear God’s
Are you in a season of great challenge? Remember Richard Foster’s words: “The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. The Spirit speaks to us when our heart is still and silent before the Lord — not when we’re rushing about and doing our own thing in our own way.”
‘Wildcat’ A Masterful Love Letter Religious Creatives
‘Wildcat’ is a gorgeous and truthful portrayal of the inner world of a thoughtful Christian creative person. The film follows the life and fiction of the famous southern Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor (played by Maya Hawke), who wishes to be a great novelist but struggles against her growing terminal illness and rejection by her readers — both professional and personal.
A Vision Set The Course For My Spiritual Journey
There have been perhaps five times when the supernatural burst headlong into my mundane, drone-bee existence. For me, on average that figures out to one visitation (or whatever you want to call it, I’m not a stickler about terminology) every 12 or 15 years, although my experiences haven’t been that predictable.
New From Kingdom Story Films and The Erwin brothers: ‘Unsung Hero’
‘Unsung Hero’ follows the Smallbone family, particularly David Smallbone, the family patriarch, and his wife Helen Smallbone, as they move across the world and face numerous hardships to have a better life and help themselves and their children achieve their dreams in the music industry.
Confession: When Truth Demands a Witness
Confession is normal and necessary for followers of Jesus. It’s something many of us did spontaneously when we began following him. But it must be an ongoing thing for us, too.
What The Church Should Do About Singleness
Christians are divided on how to think about rise of singleness. One camp sees it as a problem that needs to be solved by helping people get married. The other sees the problem as society’s privileging of marriage — and believes that it’s the church that needs to adapt to reflect shifting demographics.
Study the Bible as if It Were a Journey
God will accompany you and speak to you as you travel and explore and have adventures. Be eager but patient, too; you will hear his voice and sense his presence more clearly at some times than at others.
‘In All Your Ways Acknowledge Him’ Meaning What?
“God has very high aims for you and me. His aim is that each one of us becomes the kind of person he can empower to do what we want … that is what life is about.”
Community: The Ones Who Come
We are meant to be together, to do life together, to be united with God and our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.
Imaginative Prayer: Entering the Story
Entering into a gospel story with our imaginations opens us up to the work of the Holy Spirit in different ways than when we rely on our rational minds.
Vocation: Discerning Your Calling
Your life is not a series of random events. Your family background, education, and life experiences—even the most painful ones—all equip you to do some work that no one else can do.
Martin Scorsese To Produce Docuseries On The Saints
Famed movie director Martin Scorsese signed a deal with FOX Nation to produce and host an eight-part docudrama series presenting the “remarkable stories of eight men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait—faith.”
Living Out the Liturgical Year
Becoming aware of—and living out—the Christian liturgical year allows followers of Jesus to enter into communion with him in a way that touches body, mind, and soul.
Lectio Divina: The Practice of Praying Scripture
Lectio Divina is Latin for “divine reading,” and is a practice of slowly meditating upon, praying, and being formed by God’s word. Dating as far back as the Desert Fathers of the 4th century in Egypt, this method of engaging scripture was further developed by Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Benedictine order, in the 6th century and became central to monastic tradition.
Visio Divina: encountering God through images
Spiritual directors call meditating on a picture “Visio Divina.” Applied to a Bible passage, it’s an imaginative and refreshing form of Scripture meditation that helps us to enter into the narrative of Scripture and bring ourselves to Jesus. It’s similar to Lectio Divina, but instead of quietly listening to God through words we use a picture.
World-Class Novelist Wrestles Anew With Genesis
The American novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson has accumulated numerous literary prizes, among them the 2005 Pulitzer, but also honors in religion. Her new nonfiction book “Reading Genesis” wrestles with the grand themes and thorny issues raised in the Bible’s first book. It’s a climactic testament at the twilight of a distinguished life and career.
Fasting: A Practical Guide
Fasting has been part and parcel of the Judeo-Christian tradition for millennia. Old Testament saints fasted at times of mourning, repentance, when they needed strength or mercy to persevere, and when they wanted a word from God. The New Testament church fasted when it sought God’s will and needed the grace and strength to remain faithful to God’s work.