Charismatic Wesleyan – hovering around Rome, looking East.
Pastors in the 21st-century Western context are expected to take on multiple roles. They are expected to be leaders, counselors, biblical authorities, visionaries, and more. Expectations from congregants can burden the pastor beyond what they are actually called to do. Fortunately, many congregations are using specialized pastors for roles outside of preaching and teaching (such …
Reflections on Resistance
Reflections on the Spiritual Direction Session
Reflection On the Value of Weeds
Spiritual Direction and Effective Listening
Reflections: Spiritual Companioning for Leaders
Brother Lawrence, An Habitual Sense of God’s Presence
G.K. Chesterton, A Magical Universe
Francis of Assisi, A Harvest of Souls In this essay, Francis is caught in a conundrum. Should he cloister himself in perpetual prayer and devotion, or should he go out and preach the gospel to people (295)? What Francis shows me is how to go about proper discernment when I am unsure how God is …
Catherine of Siena, Overflowing with Love
John Wesley, Loving One Another
Jeremy Taylor, The Grace of Humility
Ignatius of Loyola, Movements Produced in the Soul
Teresa of Ávila, Striving to Make Progress
Thomas à Kempis: Dealing with Temptations
Thomas à Kempis: Dealing with Temptations
Blaise Pascal – Falling into Presumption
Gregory of Nyssa Running the Race
Henri J. M. Nouwen: Bringing Solitude Into Our Lives
Bernard of Clairvaux: Four Degrees of Love
In this video, I present a sermon I delivered a few years ago on Psalm 136 and the Hebrew word Hesed
For this devotional, we will look at a name for God from the Old Testament that has a profound New Testament impact.
The Names of God 3 - Abba In the second installment of this series, we discussed the holiest name for God – YHWH. This installment will look at the most intimate name for God. This word is not a Hebrew or Greek name but an Aramaic name. Aramaic was the common language of Israel and …
How God calls a person to ministry is a very personal call. What Scripture provides us are brief sketches of how individuals heard and responded to God's calling. While they are not exhaustive passages relaying precisely what transpired between the individual and God, they do offer a glimpse into how our heroes of Scripture reacted …
The balance between grace and discipline – or justification by faith and works – is a New Testament tension. Usually, those who emphasize grace point to Paul’s letters. Paul emphasized grace through faith over works-based salvation. This fact is evident especially in Galatians and Romans because there was pressure from some Jewish groups to adhere …
