Daily observations about following Jesus
We’re looking at spiritual training this week. We’ll look at questions two and three today. 2. What does maturity look like? When training, it helps to have models of what you want to look like, examples that you want to follow. In spiritual training, one model is almost always Jesus. (I want to be as […]
Read More…Yesterday I gave an overview of one way to plan spiritual training. Let’s walk through it more slowly. The first question was, What does God want me to develop? I phrase it this way to allow for conversation between us and God. When talking about setting spiritual goals or training, I had some people push […]
Read More…Many people don’t look to the new year. That’s fine. But some of us do. In the midst of all the planning and goal-setting we are doing for 2015, I’m thinking about spiritual goals. Or, perhaps more accurately, spiritual training. The idea comes in part from John Ortberg (Living in Christ’s Presence, p139.) “In relation to […]
Read More…No one can think long thoughts the day after Christmas. So here are some short thoughts. Thank you for supporting Diapers for Advent Through people I mostly don’t know, kids and parents have more than 1500 diapers available. Each one matters, because each of those kids matters. I’m grateful to those I know and those […]
Read More…I struggle with “Merry Christmas” as a greeting. Though I throw words away all the time, I like to greet people in the way that they wish to be greeted. It’s a way of acknowledging that I see them and care about them. I often say “Good morning” in the afternoon. People think I’m confused. […]
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