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Spiritual venture capitalists needed.

Venture capitalists are people who have cash and expertise and relationships they use to help new businesses. They want to invest some of that cash to give entrepreneurs resources to make purchases, do research, hire staff. Because some things only happen with money. They want to invest their expertise into the leadership of those same businesses […]

by Jon Swanson

Asking the right question.

A guest post by Aaron Charles. Have you ever felt stuck? You’re constantly plugging away, yet the whole time you’re longing for something more. You want to find your calling. We’ve all felt that way from time to time, I think. In The Art of Work, author Jeff Goins gets to the root of the […]

by Jon Swanson

Getting started with spiritual growth

Last week, I talked about defining spiritual formation. I suggested that we could say Spiritual formation happens when a community holds beliefs about what it means to be spiritually healthy that they use to develop and implement a process intended to foster those beliefs and that spiritual health in others. A friend wanted some help […]

by Jon Swanson

How do I pick something for Lent

Lent starts today. Some of you are leading groups who will be reading Lent for Non-Lent People. You may have people who ask, “How do I figure out what to give up?” Or you may be wondering yourself. A couple general ways to think: Simply ask yourself, “What helpful, beneficial action do I know would […]

by Jon Swanson

fasting from keeping things available.

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I’m thinking about fasting from keeping things available. I know that sounds odd. Many people would respond, “Oh, you mean that you are going to put things away!” And it would be clear that they are neat people. But I don’t leave things out. I don’t intentionally […]