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January 2020

January 24, 2020
  Do you know that you are loved by God? That is where our identity...
January 14, 2020
I first realized that smartphones may be a bigger problem than I suspected when I...
January 07, 2020
If I listed all of the places where I’ve checked my phone, I could keep...

April 2019

April 27, 2019
Guilt tends to show up at one time or another in our spiritual practices. When...
April 19, 2019
Do you struggle to pray? Perhaps this question may help get to one of the...
April 11, 2019
For years I believed that I was bad at contemplative prayer. Heck, I just believed...
April 08, 2019
Author Christine Sine is sharing a guest post today about her highly anticipated new book,...

March 2019

March 11, 2019
For years I described myself as an anxious Christian, especially when it came to prayer....
March 06, 2019
What do I lose when I take the words of Jesus seriously and surrender to...
March 02, 2019
When I released Flee, Be Silent, Pray, a book that’s essentially about finding time to...

February 2019

February 21, 2019
One of the stranger aspects about working as a professional writer (who also writes about...
February 11, 2019
Contemplative prayer can be one way that we are filled to the full measure of...
February 02, 2019
Is it time for Christians to tidy up our beliefs and spiritual practices? That is...

January 2019

January 25, 2019
The approach to contemplative prayer is largely counterintuitive for many American evangelicals. Contemplative prayer tells...
January 17, 2019
If there’s any group of people who could benefit from the grounding awareness of God...
January 14, 2019
Before we talk about finding time to pray, I have a brief story to share......
January 11, 2019
A little while ago, I wrote a blog post about the ways I modified my...
January 03, 2019
Silence has long been a cornerstone practice for Christian spirituality, ministry, and activism. This may...

December 2018

December 20, 2018
If you don’t know where to begin with prayer, it can become extremely frustrating and...
December 14, 2018
What do you expect will happen if you pray? If you’ve set aside time for...
December 07, 2018
Besides the fear that God is distant and unloving, a general sense of unworthiness or...
December 03, 2018
The following post is part of an ongoing series that will examine the barriers that...

November 2018

November 27, 2018
Passing through spiritual burnout or coming to the potential end of your faith can be...
November 19, 2018
I tend to be suspicious of the ways smartphone apps promise quick and convenient fixes...
November 17, 2018
Moving from a shame and guilt-based spirituality to a silent, contemplative space has required a...
November 13, 2018
How do brands and individuals make a splash in the attention economy of social media?...
November 09, 2018
Since the 2016 election, I have experienced my fair share of despair and alarm over...
November 08, 2018
  At a Christian writers conference this year, I had a few moments to speak...
November 03, 2018
I can’t tell you what exactly Trappist monk and spiritual author Thomas Merton would do...

October 2018

October 30, 2018
Thomas Merton entered a Cistercian monastery, learned how to pray, and soon alienated some of...
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