spiritual formation

I'm not sure where this came from. Maybe when I was buttoning my shirt this...

Only love can know love, only mercy can know mercy, only the endless mystery I am...

Many historians, philosophers, and spiritual teachers now agree that collective history itself is going through...

As long as you can deal with life in universal abstractions, you can pretend that...

Oh Lord, how I hate seeing myself on video. Nevertheless. Below I have embedded a...

Today's post is an interview with Dr. Chuck DeGroat about his latest book Toughest People...

Most essentially, spirituality is openness to the Spirit....The whole thing is a dance. Your partner...

I've left 11 churches in my life. I never bothered counting, but I did this morning as...

Today's post is an interview with Micha Boyett, author of a spiritual memoir Found: A Story...

My next book is coming out at the end of August and the title is The...

I read Parker Palmer’s classic The Courage to Teach several years ago and am re-reading it...

I've written many times on this blog about how deep fear of loss of control...

Today’s post is an interview with Greg Boyd over his most recent book Benefit of...

Three years ago in Christianity Today, Frank James wrote about his brother Kelly's death in 2006 while...

Today's post is a short interview with Ryan Miller, author of everything breathes, which just came...

Recently Dr. David G. Benner posted some brief thoughts on whether fear should characterize our...

Smart people tell us that the universe is about 14 billion years old and about...

I think I am a Protestant. I’ve spent my entire Christian life, since childhood, as...

A book. That's what happens. Specifically, a wonderful piece of fiction, Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale....

I met an old friend for lunch yesterday. He was, once upon a time, firmly...

My line of work brings me into contact with all sorts of Christian pilgrims on...

I had lunch a while back with two friends visiting the area, home for a...

Ours is the generation of parents who hover over our children to help insulate them...

This question came to mind a few weeks ago as I was sitting in church,...

Today’s post is an interview with Ed Cyzewski (MDiv, Biblical Theological Seminary), author of Coffeehouse Theology:...

In my earlier post today, I summarized the comments I received from my initial question,...

In a post last week, I asked you to think about the one or two...

In the last 24 hours, my previous post has gotten over 100 comments and about...

"Knowing what you know, why do you keep believing?" I hear this question a lot....

After teaching almost entirely at the seminary and doctoral levels for eighteen years, I've been...